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Nihoa (spider)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Mygalomorphae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Barychelidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Nihoa is a spider genus in the mygalomorph family Barychelidae.

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Name

The genus is named after the island Nihoa, where the type species (N. mahina) is endemic.

Appearance

N. hawaiiensis males have a length of almost 15 mm, including cheliceres; females are up to 21 mm.

Distribution

Species of this genus occur in Oceania.

Species

  • Nihoa annulata (Kulczynski, 1908) — New Guinea
  • Nihoa annulipes (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
  • Nihoa aussereri (L. Koch, 1874) — Palau
  • Nihoa bisianumu Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa courti Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa crassipes (Rainbow, 1898) — New Guinea
  • Nihoa gressitti Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa gruberi Raven, 1994 — New Ireland
  • Nihoa hawaiiensis (Raven, 1988) — Hawaii
  • Nihoa itakara Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa kaindi Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa karawari Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa lambleyi Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa madang Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa mahina Churchill & Raven, 1992 — Hawaii
  • Nihoa maior (Kulczynski, 1908) — New Guinea
  • Nihoa mambulu Raven, 1994 — Solomon Islands
  • Nihoa pictipes (Pocock, 1899) — New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands
  • Nihoa raleighi Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa tatei Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • Nihoa vanuatu Raven, 1994 — New Hebrides
  • Nihoa variata (Thorell, 1881) — New Guinea
  • Nihoa verireti Raven, 1994 — New Guinea
  • References

    Nihoa (spider) Wikipedia