Biology:Huka

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Huka
Huka alba Forster and Wilton, 1973 (AM AMNZ5057-1).jpg
Huka alba
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Huka
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
H. pallida Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

5, see text

Huka is a genus of South Pacific funnel weavers first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2]

Species

(As of April 2019) it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Huka alba Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
  • Huka lobata Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
  • Huka minima Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
  • Huka minuta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
  • Huka pallida Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Huka Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/29. Retrieved 2019-04-05. 
  2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV.". Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1–309. 

Wikidata ☰ Q542904 entry