Taraire

Genus of spiders This article is about genus of spiders. For laurel tree, see Beilschmiedia tarairi.

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
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, and it has only been found in New Zealand. 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.

As of April 2022 it contains only two species: T. oculta and T. rufolineata, one newly described and one transferred from Meta. 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.

References

^ "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.
^ 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.

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