Runga

This article is about the genus of spiders. For the Estonian village, see Rünga. For the African language, see Aiki language.

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 New Zealand araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990. ^[2]

Species

As of January 2026 ^[update] , this genus includes five species: ^[1]

• Runga akaroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Runga flora Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Runga moana Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Runga nina Forster, 1990 – New Zealand
• Runga raroa Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-25.
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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Runga at iNaturalist