Biology:Tungari
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Tungari Raven, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. kenwayae Raven, 1994
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Tungari is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Robert Raven in 1994. It is endemic to Australia . The name comes from an Aboriginal term meaning "song".[2]
Species
(As of April 2019) the genus contained four species, all from the Cape York Peninsula region of Far North Queensland:[1][2]
- Tungari aurukun Raven, 1994
- Tungari kenwayae Raven, 1994 (type)
- Tungari mascordi Raven, 1994
- Tungari monteithi Raven, 1994
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Tungari Raven, 1994. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/478. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific.". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 291–706. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40007387#page/563/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q2612156 entry
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