Otira (spider)
| Otira | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | 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] The genus is endemic to New Zealand.
A 2011 review of the genus removed three Australian species (Otira affinis, Otira aquilonaria and Otira summa), and placed them within a new genus, Oztira. This new genus name is a portmanteau formed by combining the genus Otira with Oz, a nickname for Australia.[3]
Species
As of December 2024 it contains six species:[1]
- Otira canasta Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Otira indura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Otira liana Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Otira parva Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Otira satura Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
- Otira terricola Forster & Wilton, 1973 — New Zealand
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Otira Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (30 September 1973). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part IV: Agelenidae, Stiphidiidae, Amphinectidae, Amaurobiidae, Neolanidae, Ctenidae, Psechridae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 4: 1–309. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167424. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
- ^ Milledge, G. A. (29 June 2011). "A revision of Storenosoma Hogg and description of a new genus, Oztira (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 63 (1): 1–32. doi:10.3853/J.0067-1975.63.2011.1579. ISSN 0067-1975. Wikidata Q54554767.