''Tupua'' is a
genus
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of
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
n
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Physoglenidae
Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade.
Genera
, the Worl ...
that was first described by
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 ...
in 1990.
Species
it contains four species, found in
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
:
*''
Tupua bisetosa''
Platnick, 1990 (
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) –
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 ...
(
Tasmania
Tasmania (; palawa kani: ''Lutruwita'') is an island States and territories of Australia, state of Australia. It is located to the south of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The sta ...
)
*''
Tupua cavernicola''
Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
*''
Tupua raveni''
Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
*''
Tupua troglodytes''
Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
See also
*
List of Physoglenidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Physoglenidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
C ''Calcarsynotaxus''
''Calcarsynotaxus'' Wunderlich, 1995
* ''Calcarsynotaxus benrobertsi, C. benrobertsi'' Rix, Roberts & Harvey, ...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Physoglenidae
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