Tawhai

Tawhai is a monotypic genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species Tawhai arborea. 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] The type species, Tawhai arborea, was originally described under the name "Tetragnatha arborea".^[3]

Tawhai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Tawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020[1]
Species:	T. arborea
Binomial name
Tawhai arborea (Urquhart, 1891)[1]

See also

• Tetragnatha
• Orsinome
• List of Tetragnathidae species