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Runga

Runga is a genus of New Zealand araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.

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Runga
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Physoglenidae
Genus: Runga
Forster, 19901
Type species
R. nina
Forster, 1990
Species

5, see text

Runga is a genus of New Zealand araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.2

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes five species:1

References

References

  1. "Gen. Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  2. Forster, R. R.; Platnick, N. I.; Coddington, J. (1990). "A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 193: 1–116.
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