Otira (spider)

Otira is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973. The genus is endemic to New Zealand.

A 2011 review of the genus removed three Australian species (Otira affinis, Otira aquilonaria and Otira summa), and placed them within a new genus, Oztira. This new genus name is a portmanteau formed by combining the genus Otira with Oz, a nickname for Australia.

Species

it contains six species:

• Otira canasta <small>Forster & Wilton, 1973</small> — New Zealand
• Otira indura <small>Forster & Wilton, 1973</small> — New Zealand
• Otira liana <small>Forster & Wilton, 1973</small> — New Zealand
• Otira parva <small>Forster & Wilton, 1973</small> — New Zealand
• Otira satura <small>Forster & Wilton, 1973</small> — New Zealand
• Otira terricola <small>Forster & Wilton, 1973</small> — New Zealand

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