Tangaroa (spider)
Tangaroa is a genus of South Pacific cribellate orb-weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
| Tangaroa | |
|---|---|
 | |
| T. tahitiensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Uloboridae |
| Genus: | Tangaroa Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. tahitiensis (Berland, 1934) | |
| Species | |
|
5, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019 it contains five species:[1]
- Tangaroa beattyi Opell, 1983 — Caroline Is.
- Tangaroa dissimilis (Berland, 1924) — Vanuatu, New Caledonia
- Tangaroa pukapukan Salvatierra, Brescovit & Tourinho, 2015 — Cook Is.
- Tangaroa tahitiensis (Berland, 1934) — French Polynesia (Marquesas Is., Society Is., Austral Is.)
- Tangaroa vaka Salvatierra, Brescovit & Tourinho, 2015 — Cook Is.
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References
- "Gen. Tangaroa Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
- Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
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