Arthur Urquhart Explained

Arthur Torrane Urquhart (1839–1919) was an arachnologist and naturalist based in New Zealand.[1] [2]

Biography

Urquhart was born in Switzerland in 1839. In 1856, he migrated to New Zealand and lived in a farm in Karaka. He produced eighteen taxonomic papers between 1882 and 1897.

References

  1. Forster, Ray; Forster, Lyn (1999). Spiders Of New Zealand And Their World Wide Kin. Otago, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. pp. 119–124. .
  2. Framenau. Volker W.. 2019-04-16. Generic and family transfers, and numina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions. Evolutionary Systematics. en. 3. 1–27. 10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454. 2535-0730. free.

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