Tekella
Appearance
Tekella | |
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T. lineata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Cyatholipidae |
Genus: | Tekella Urquhart, 1894[1] |
Type species | |
T. nemoralis (Urquhart, 1889)
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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
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- Tekella absidata Urquhart, 1894 – New Zealand
- Tekella bisetosa Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Tekella lineata Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
- Tekella nemoralis (Urquhart, 1889) (type) – New Zealand
- Tekella unisetosa Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1894). "Description of new species of Araneae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 26: 204–218.