''Aotearoa magna'' is a species of spiders in the

Mecysmaucheniidae Mecysmaucheniidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Most genera occur in South America (Chile and Argentina), with two genera endemic to New Zealand. Genera , the World Spider Catalog The World Spide ...

family. It was first described in 1949 by Forster. , it is the only species in the genus ''Aotearoa'', erected by Forster and Platnick in 1984. It is found in New Zealand. (The

Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group * Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand * Māori culture * Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...

name of the island nation is

Aotearoa ''Aotearoa'' () is the current Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference to only the North Island, with the name of the whole country being ''Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu'' ("North Island and South ...

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Mecysmaucheniidae Spiders of New Zealand Spiders described in 1949 Monotypic genera {{Araneomorphae-stub