''Tugana'' is a
genus of
Caribbean
The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
tangled nest spiders first described by
R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.
Species
it contains four species, found in
Cuba and
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
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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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