Runga

Short description: Genus of spiders

Runga

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Physoglenidae
Genus:  | Runga
Forster, 1990[1]
Type species
R. nina

Forster, 1990

Species

5, see text

Runga is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[2]

## Species

As of September 2019[update] it contains five species, found on the Polynesian Islands:[1]

* Runga akaroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
* Runga flora Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
* Runga moana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
* Runga nina Forster, 1990 (type) – New Zealand
* Runga raroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

## See also

* List of Physoglenidae species

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Runga Forster, 1990. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3218. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
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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