Tupua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Tupua
Platnick, 1990[1]
Type species
T. bisetosa
Platnick, 1990
Species

4, see text

Tupua is a genus of Tasmanian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1990.[2]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains four species, found in Tasmania:[1]

  • Tupua bisetosa Platnick, 1990 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tupua cavernicola Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tupua raveni Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tupua troglodytes Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Tupua Platnick, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  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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