Tugana

Tugana is a genus of Caribbean tangled nest spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1948.[3]

Tugana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Amaurobiidae
Genus: Tugana
Chamberlin, 1948[1]
Type species
T. cavatica
(Bryant, 1940)
Species

4, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species, found in Cuba and Hispaniola:[1]

  • Tugana cavatica (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • Tugana crassa (Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola
  • Tugana cudina Alayón, 1992 – Cuba
  • Tugana infumata (Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola

References

  1. "Gen. Tugana Chamberlin, 1948". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Alayón G., G. (1992). "El género Tugana (Arachnida: Araneae: Amaurobiidae)". Poeyana. 416: 2.
  3. Chamberlin, R. V. (1948). "The genera of North American Dictynidae". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 38 (15): 1–31.


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