Tamgrinia

Tamgrinia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Agelenidae
Genus: Tamgrinia
Lehtinen, 1967
Type species
T. alveolifera
(Schenkel, 1936)
Species

8, see text

Tamgrinia is a genus of Asian funnel weavers first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. They are found in the humid forests of the Himalayas.

Species

As of October 2026 it contains eight species:

Description

They have a reddish-brown elongate carapace, with short white and long black setae. They have a dark brown abdomen that has dark maculae.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Tamgrinia Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
  2. ↑ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  3. 1 2 Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.

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