Runga
| Runga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Physoglenidae |
| Genus: | Forster, 1990[1] |
| Type species | |
| R. nina Forster, 1990
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| Species | |
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Runga is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[2]
Species
As of September 2019 it contains five species, found on the Polynesian Islands:[1]
- Runga akaroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Runga flora Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Runga moana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Runga nina Forster, 1990 (type) – New Zealand
- Runga raroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
See also
References
- ^ a b "Gen. Runga Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 193: 1–116.