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Otira (spider)

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Otira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Otira
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
O. satura Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

6, see text

Otira is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains six species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Otira Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 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.