Tangata (spider)

Tangata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Orsolobidae
Genus: Tangata
Forster & Platnick, 1985[1]

Tangata is a genus of spiders in the family Orsolobidae. The genus is confined to New Zealand.[1]

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Tangata alpina (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
  • Tangata furcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata horningi Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata kohuka Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata murihiku Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata nigra Forster & Platnick, 1985 (type species) – New Zealand
  • Tangata orepukiensis (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
  • Tangata otago Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata parafurcata Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata plena (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
  • Tangata pouaka Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata rakiura (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
  • Tangata stewartensis (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand
  • Tangata sylvester Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata tautuku Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata townsendi Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand
  • Tangata waipoua Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Tangata Forster, 1985", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), retrieved 2016-04-26


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