Tekella

Tekella
T. lineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cyatholipidae
Genus:	Tekella Urquhart, 1894
Type species
T. nemoralis (Urquhart, 1889)
Species
5, see text

Tekella is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:

• Tekella absidata Urquhart, 1894 – New Zealand
• Tekella bisetosa Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
• Tekella lineata Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
• Tekella nemoralis (Urquhart, 1889) (type) – New Zealand
• Tekella unisetosa Forster, 1988 – New Zealand

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