Tekella

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Tekella
Tekella lineata.jpg
T. lineata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cyatholipidae
Genus: Tekella
Urquhart, 1894[1]
Type species

(Urquhart, 1889)
Species

5, see text

Tekella is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.[2]

Species[]

As of April 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Urquhart, 1894 – New Zealand
  • Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  • Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  • (Urquhart, 1889) (type) – New Zealand
  • Forster, 1988 – New Zealand

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Tekella Urquhart, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  2. ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1894). "Description of new species of Araneae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 26: 204–218.
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