''Tangata'' is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family

Orsolobidae Orsolobidae is a six-eyed spider family with about 180 described species in thirty genera. It was first described by J. A. L. Cooke in 1965, and was raised to family status from "Dysderidae" in 1985. Genera Most genera are endemic to New Zeala ...

, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster &

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in 1985.

Species

it contains seventeen species, found only in New Zealand: *'' Tangata alpina'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata furcata'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''

Tangata horningi ''Tangata horningi'' is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected on Snares Island. The holotype i ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata kohuka'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *''

Tangata murihiku ''Tangata murihiku'' is a species of Orsolobidae. The species is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy This species was described in 1985 by Ray Forster and Norman Platnick from male and female specimens collected in Southland. The holotype is s ...

'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata nigra'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 (

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) – New Zealand *'' Tangata orepukiensis'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata otago'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata parafurcata'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata plena'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata pouaka'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata rakiura'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata stewartensis'' (Forster, 1956) – New Zealand *'' Tangata sylvester'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata tautuku'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata townsendi'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand *'' Tangata waipoua'' Forster & Platnick, 1985 – New Zealand

References

Araneomorphae genera Endemic fauna of New Zealand Orsolobidae Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

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