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Pahora

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Pahora
Pahora spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Pahora
Forster, 1990[1]
Type species
P. murihiku
Forster, 1990
Species

9, see text

Pahora is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[2] Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017.[3]

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains nine species, all found on New Zealand:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Pahora Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 193: 1–116.
  3. ^ Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2017). "Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Cladistics. 33 (3): 242. doi:10.1111/cla.12165. PMID 34715728.