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Tingotingo

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Tingotingo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Malkaridae
Genus: Tingotingo
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020[1]
Type species
T. porotiti
Hormiga & Scharff, 2020
Species

4, see text

Tingotingo is a genus of Polynesian shield spiders. It was first described by Gustavo Hormiga and N. Scharff in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand.[1]

Species

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As of January 2022 it contains four species:[1]

  • T. aho Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
  • T. porotiti Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 (type) – New Zealand
  • T. pouaru Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand
  • T. tokorera Hormiga & Scharff, 2020 – New Zealand

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tingotingo Hormiga & Scharff, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. ^ Hormiga, G.; Scharff, N. (2020). "The malkarid spiders of New Zealand (Araneae: Malkaridae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 34 (4): 345–405. doi:10.1071/IS19073. S2CID 218968447.