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Orepukia

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Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Infraorder
  
Scientific name
  
Orepukia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Order
  
Araneae

Family
  
Agelenidae

Higher classification
  
Agelenidae

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Orepukia is a genus of spider in the family Agelenidae. It is composed of 24 species and the type species is O. sorenseni. They are endemic to New Zealand, found primarily (though not exclusively) in the South Island. Orepukia species range in size from 6 to 7.5 millimetres (0.24 to 0.30 in) and are ecribellate. Species are known to inhabit forest floors, and build "formless" webs.

The eye arrangement is two rows of eight eyes each.

Species

As of October 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

References

Orepukia Wikipedia


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