''Runga'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Polynesia
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n
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Physoglenidae
Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade.
Genera
, the Worl ...
that was first described by
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of The Entomological Society of New Zealand.
Biography
Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...
in 1990.
Species
it contains five species, found on the
Polynesian Islands:
*''
Runga akaroa''
Forster, 1990 –
New Zealand
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*''
Runga flora''
Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
*''
Runga moana''
Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
*''
Runga nina''
Forster, 1990 (
type
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) – New Zealand
*''
Runga raroa''
Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
See also
*
List of Physoglenidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Physoglenidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
C ''Calcarsynotaxus''
''Calcarsynotaxus'' Wunderlich, 1995
* ''Calcarsynotaxus benrobertsi, C. benrobertsi'' Rix, Roberts & Harvey, ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Physoglenidae
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
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