| Tamgrinia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Agelenidae | 
| Genus: | Tamgrinia Lehtinen, 1967[1]  | 
| 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.[2] They are found in the humid forests of the Himalayas.[3]
Species
As of December 2023 it contains eight species:[1]
- Tamgrinia alveolifera (Schenkel, 1936) – India, China
 - Tamgrinia coelotiformis (Schenkel, 1963) – China
 - Tamgrinia laticeps (Schenkel, 1936) – China
 - Tamgrinia palpator (Hu & Li, 1987) – China
 - Tamgrinia rectangularis Xu & Li, 2006 – China
 - Tamgrinia semiserrata Xu & Li, 2006 – China
 - Tamgrinia tibetana (Hu & Li, 1987) – China
 - Tamgrinia tulugouensis Wang, 2000 – China
 
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.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Gen. Tamgrinia Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
 - ↑ 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.
 - 1 2 Mondal, Ayan & Chanda, Debomay & Vartak, Atul & Kulkarni, Siddharth. (2020). A Field Guide to the Spider Genera of India.
 
External links
"Tamgrinia" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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