Taraire

Genus of spiders

Taraire

Taraire rufolineata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Taraire Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020^[1]
Type species
Linyphia rufo-lineata (Urquhart, 1889)
Species
Taraire oculta Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 Taraire rufolineata (Urquhart, 1889)

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,^[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand.^[1] 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.^[2]

As of April 2022^[update] it contains only two species: T. oculta and T. rufolineata, one newly described and one transferred from Meta.^[3]^[1] 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.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Taraire Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c Álvarez-Padilla, A.; Kallal, R. J.; Hormiga, G. (2020). "Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 438: 1–107. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1.
^ Urquhart, A. T. (1889). "On new species of Araneida". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 134–152.