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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Auhunga
Species:
A. pectinata
Binomial name
Auhunga pectinata
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Auhunga Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. ^ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.
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"Auhunga" at the Encyclopedia of Life