Tawhai

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| image = Tawhai arborea.jpg

| taxon = Tawhai arborea

| authority = (Urquhart, 1891)

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

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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, and it has only been found in New Zealand. The type species, Tawhai arborea, was originally described under the name "Tetragnatha arborea".

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{{cite journal| title=Gen. Tawhai 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/5771| 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=1891| journal=Transactions of the New Zealand Institute| title=On new species of Araneae| volume=23| pages=128–189| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/926}}

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Category:Monotypic Tetragnathidae genera

Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand

Tawhai

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