Taraire

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

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,^[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand.^[1] 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.^[2]

Taraire
Taraire rufolineata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Taraire Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020[1]
Type species
Linyphia rufo-lineata (Urquhart, 1889)
Species
Taraire oculta Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020 Taraire rufolineata (Urquhart, 1889)

As of April 2022^[update] it contains only two species: T. oculta and T. rufolineata, one newly described and one transferred from Meta.^[3][1] 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.^[2]

See also

• Linyphia
• Meta
• List of Tetragnathidae species