Aotearoa magna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Mecysmaucheniidae |
Genus: |
Aotearoa Forster & Platnick, 1984 |
Species: | A. magna |
Binomial name | |
Aotearoa magna (Forster, 1949) |
Aotearoa magna is a species of spiders in the Mecysmaucheniidae family. It was first described in 1949 by Forster. As of 2017[update], it is the only species in the genus Aotearoa, erected by 1984 by Forster and Platnick in 1984. It is found in New Zealand. (The Māori name of the island is Aotearoa.)