''Tarlina'' is a
genus
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of
Australia
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n
large-clawed spiders 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 ...
,
Norman I. Platnick
Norman Ira Platnick (December 30, 1951 – April 8, 2020) was an American biological systematist and Arachnology, arachnologist. At the time of his death, he was a professor emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History#Richard Gilder Gradua ...
&
Michael R. Gray in 1987.
Species
it contains six species:
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Tarlina daviesae''
Gray, 1987 – Australia (Queensland)
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Tarlina milledgei''
Gray, 1987 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Tarlina noorundi''
Gray, 1987 (
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) – Australia (New South Wales)
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Tarlina simipes''
Gray, 1987 – Australia (Queensland)
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Tarlina smithersi''
Gray, 1987 – Australia (New South Wales)
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Tarlina woodwardi''
( Forster, 1955) – Australia (Queensland)
References
Araneomorphae genera
Gradungulidae
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster
Taxa named by Michael R. Gray
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