Tawhai
Genus of spiders
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Tawhai is a monotypic genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species Tawhai arborea. The genus was first described by A. Álvarez-Padilla, R. J. Kallal and Gustavo Hormiga in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand.[1] The type species, Tawhai arborea, was originally described under the name "Tetragnatha arborea".[3]
| Tawhai | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Tawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020[1] |
| Species: | T. arborea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tawhai arborea (Urquhart, 1891)[1] | |