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Tamgrinia

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Tamgrinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Tamgrinia
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
T. alveolifera
(Schenkel, 1936)
Species

8, see text

Tamgrinia is a genus of Asian funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] They are found in the humid forests of the Himalayas.[3]

Species

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As of December 2023 it contains eight species:[1]

Description

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They have a reddish-brown elongate carapace, with short white and long black setae. They have a dark brown abdomen that has dark maculae.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Tamgrinia Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  3. ^ a b [1]Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.
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"Tamgrinia" at the Encyclopedia of Life