''Tungari'' is a

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of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by

Robert Raven Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist, being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described over 450 species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider ...

in 1994. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. The name comes from an Aboriginal term meaning "song".

Species

the genus contained four species, all from the

Cape York Peninsula The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...

region of

Far North Queensland Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns, Queensland, Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stret ...

: *'' Tungari aurukun'' Raven, 1994 *'' Tungari kenwayae'' Raven, 1994 (

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Tungari mascordi ''Tungari mascordi'' is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologist Robert Raven. The specific epithet ''mascordi'' honours photographer and amateu ...

'' Raven, 1994 *'' Tungari monteithi'' Raven, 1994

References

Barychelidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Robert Raven Taxa described in 1994 {{Barychelidae-stub