Taurongia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Taurongia
Hogg, 1901[1]
Type species
T. punctata
(Hogg, 1900)
Species
  • T. ambigua Gray, 2005 – Australia (Victoria)
  • T. punctata (Hogg, 1900) – Australia (Victoria)

Taurongia is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1901.[2] As of May 2019 it consists of only two species: T. ambigua and T. punctata.[1] Originally placed with the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Taurongia Hogg, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ↑ Hogg, H. R. (1901). "On Australian and New Zealand spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 71 (1): 218–279. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08176.x.
  3. ↑ 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: 267.


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