''Tainonia'' 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
Caribbean
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cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.
Species
it contains five species, found only on
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...
:
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Tainonia bayahibe''
Huber & Astrin, 2009 – Hispaniola
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Tainonia cienaga''
Huber & Astrin, 2009 – Hispaniola
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Tainonia samana''
Huber & Astrin, 2009 – Hispaniola
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Tainonia serripes''
(Simon, 1893) (
type
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) – Hispaniola
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Tainonia visite''
Huber & Astrin, 2009 – Hispaniola
See also
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List of Pholcidae species
This page lists all described genera and species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reprod ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Pholcidae
Spiders of the Caribbean
Arthropods of the Dominican Republic
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