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 | |
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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References
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- "Alistra opina (Forster, 1970)". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- "Alistra opina - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- 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.
- "Tawerana opina Forster, 1970". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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