Tawhai arborea (Urquhart, 1891) is a animal in the Tetragnathidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Tawhai arborea (Urquhart, 1891)
Tawhai is a monotypic genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers found only in New Zealand, holding the single species Tawhai arborea.
Tawhai is a monotypic genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers, which contains only one species: Tawhai arborea. This genus was first formally described by A. Álvarez-Padilla, R. J. Kallal, and Gustavo Hormiga in 2020. All known specimens of this genus have only been found in New Zealand. The type species of the genus, Tawhai arborea, was originally published under the different name "Tetragnatha arborea" when it was first described in 1891 by Urquhart.
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Tetragnatha extensa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetragnatha viridis Walckenaer, 1841
Leucauge fastigata (Simon, 1877)
Orsinome vethi (Hasselt, 1882)
Meta ovalis (Gertsch, 1933)
Leucauge medjensis Lessert, 1930
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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