Auhunga is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders containing the single species, Auhunga pectinata. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973,[2] and has only been found in New Zealand.[1]
| Auhunga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Auhunga |
| Species: | A. pectinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Auhunga pectinata Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Auhunga Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.
External links
edit"Auhunga" at the Encyclopedia of Life