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(Redirected from Avarua (spider)) Genus of spiders

Avaruarachne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Avaruarachne
Species: A. satchelli
Binomial name
Avaruarachne satchelli
(Marples, 1955)
Synonyms

Avarua Marples, 1955

Avaruarachne is a genus of jumping spiders containing the single species Avaruarachne satchelli. The species was first described by Brian John Marples in 1955 as Avarua satchelli, but Avarua was discovered to be preoccupied and was replaced by Avaruarachne by Danniella Sherwood in 2021. It has only been found in the Cook Islands.

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Avaruarachne Sherwood, 2021". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. Sherwood, Danniella (2021). "Nomenclatural notes on a homonym in the family Salticidae Blackwall, 1841 (Araneae: Araneomorphae)". Arachnology. 18 (8): 867. doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.867.
Taxon identifiers
Avaruarachne
Avaruarachne satchelli
Avarua
Avarua satchelli


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