Tupua (spider)

Tupua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Physoglenidae
Genus:	Tupua ; Platnick, 1990
Type species
	T. bisetosa ; Platnick, 1990
Species
	4, see text

Last updated January 26, 2026

Tupua is a genus of Tasmanian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1990.^[2]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains four species, found in Tasmania:^[1]

Tupua bisetosa Platnick, 1990 (type) – Australia (Tasmania)
Tupua cavernicola Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
Tupua raveni Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)
Tupua troglodytes Platnick, 1990 – Australia (Tasmania)

References

1 2 "Gen. Tupua Platnick, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-14.
↑ 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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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Tupua Platnick, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-14.

[Fors1990-2] 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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