Tungari

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Tungari
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Tungari
Raven, 1994[1]
Type species
T. kenwayae
Raven, 1994
Species

4, see text

Tungari is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Robert Raven in 1994. It is endemic to Australia. The name comes from an Aboriginal term meaning "song".[2]

Species[edit]

As of April 2019 the genus contained four species, all from the Cape York Peninsula region of Far North Queensland:[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Tungari Raven, 1994". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. ^ a b Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291–706.