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Taurongia is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1901. it consists of only two species: T. ambigua and T. punctata. Originally placed with the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyDesidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
76
Family
Desidae
Collections
CASC, AM, QM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Desidae
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taxon name
Taurongia
taxon rank
genus
endemic to
Victoria
taxon author citation
Hogg, 1901
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Taurongia is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1901. it consists of only two species: T. ambigua and T. punctata. Originally placed with the Amaurobiidae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967.

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