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Taraire

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{About|genus of spiders|laurel tree|Beilschmiedia tarairi}}

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| image = Taraire rufolineata 2022 (cropped).jpg

| image_caption = Taraire rufolineata

| taxon = Taraire

| authority = Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020

| type_species = Linyphia rufo-lineata

| type_species_authority = (Urquhart, 1889)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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| Taraire oculta|Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020

| Taraire rufolineata|(Urquhart, 1889)

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Taraire is a small genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers. The genus was first described by A. Álvarez-Padilla, R. J. Kallal and Gustavo Hormiga in 2020, and it has only been found in New Zealand.

They build vertical orb webs near forest floors, and can be found resting in the center. The genus name is a reference to Beilschmiedia tarairi, the native New Zealand tree that they are commonly found in.

{{as of|2022|04}} it contains only two species: T. oculta and T. rufolineata, one newly described and one transferred from Meta. Though they are closely related to species of Tawhai, their exact relation to other genera in the family is still unclear due to inconclusive phylogenetic analyses.

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References

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{{cite journal| title=Gen. Taraire Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2022-04-01| year=2022| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5770| doi=10.24436/2}}

{{cite journal| author-last=Álvarez-Padilla| author-first=A.| author2-last=Kallal| author2-first=R. J.| author3-last=Hormiga| author3-first=G.| year=2020| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| title=Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)| volume=438| pages=1–107| doi=10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15158}}

{{cite journal| author-last=Urquhart| author-first=A. T.| year=1889| journal=Transactions of the New Zealand Institute| title=On new species of Araneida| volume=21| pages=134–152| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/877}}

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal| author-last=Bryant| author-first=E. B.| year=1933| journal=Records of the Canterbury Museum| title=Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders| volume=4| pages=1–27, pl| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/2152}}
  • {{cite journal| author-last=Dalmas| author-first=R. de| year=1917| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France| title=Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande| volume=86| pages=317–430| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1720}}

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Category:Tetragnathidae genera

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

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