Alistra opina

Alistra opina is a species of dwarf sheet spider of the genus Alistra.[1] This species is endemic to New Zealand and was first described by Ray Forster in 1970, originally named Tawerana opina.[2] The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Crooked Reach, Port Pegasus on Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition.[3][4]

Alistra opina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Hahniidae
Genus: Alistra
Species:
A. opina
Binomial name
Alistra opina
(Forster, 1970)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tawerana opina Forster, 1970

References

  1. "Alistra opina (Forster, 1970)". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. "Alistra opina - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. Raymond Robert Forster (1970). "The Spiders of New Zealand Part III: Desidae, Dictynidae, Hahniidae, Amaurobioidiae, Nicodamidae" (PDF). Otago Museum bulletin. 3: 164–165. ISSN 0474-859X. Wikidata Q113167423. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2024.
  4. "Tawerana opina Forster, 1970". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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