Tupua (spider)

Tupua
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Physoglenidae
Genus:	Tupua Platnick, 1990[1]
Type species
T. bisetosa Platnick, 1990
Species
4, see text

Tupua is a genus of Tasmanian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1990.[2]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains four species, found in Tasmania:[1]

• Tupua bisetosa Platnick, 1990 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
• Tupua cavernicola Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
• Tupua raveni Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
• Tupua troglodytes Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)

See also

• List of Physoglenidae species

References

1. "Gen. Tupua Platnick, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
2. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 193: 1–116.