''Tugana'' 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
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
tangled nest spiders first described by
R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Species
it contains four species, found in
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
and
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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Tugana cavatica''
(Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
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Tugana crassa''
(Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola
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Tugana cudina''
Alayón, 1992 – Cuba
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Tugana infumata''
(Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola
References
Amaurobiidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of the Caribbean
Arthropods of the Dominican Republic
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