Forstertyna
Sign in to saveForstertyna is a genus of spiders in the family Megadictynidae. It was first described in 1995 by Harvey. , it contains only one species, Forstertyna marplesi, from New Zealand.
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It is catalogued under topics including Endemic spiders of New Zealand, Megadictynidae and Monotypic Araneomorphae genera.
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- Nicodamidae
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Forstertyna is a genus of spiders in the family Megadictynidae. It was first described in 1995 by Harvey. , it contains only one species, Forstertyna marplesi, from New Zealand.
==Taxonomy== This genus was first described in 1995 by Mark Harvey. However, the species was first described by Ray Forster in 1970 from female and male specimens. The holotype is stored in Otago Museum.
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