Meringa
Genus of spiders
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Meringa is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[2] Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017.[3]
| Meringa | |
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| Meringa sp. male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Physoglenidae |
| Genus: | Meringa Forster, 1990[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. otago Forster, 1990 | |
| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Species
As of September 2019[update] it contains nine species, found on New Zealand:[1]
- Meringa australis Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa borealis Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa centralis Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa conway Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa hinaka Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa leith Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa nelson Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
- Meringa otago Forster, 1990 (type) – New Zealand
- Meringa tetragyna Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
