Tupua (spider)
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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Tupua is a genus of Tasmanian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1990.[2]
Species
[edit]As of September 2019[update] 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Tupua Platnick, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ 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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