Biology:Runga

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Runga
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Runga
Forster, 1990[1]
Type species
R. nina
Forster, 1990
Species

5, see text

Runga is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains five species, found on the Polynesian Islands:[1]

  • Runga akaroa Forster, 1990New Zealand
  • Runga flora Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
  • Runga moana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
  • Runga nina Forster, 1990 (type) – New Zealand
  • Runga raroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Runga Forster, 1990. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3218. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1–116. 

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