''Meringa'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Polynesia Polynesia () "many" and νῆσος () "island"), to, Polinisia; mi, Porinihia; haw, Polenekia; fj, Polinisia; sm, Polenisia; rar, Porinetia; ty, Pōrīnetia; tvl, Polenisia; tkl, Polenihia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, made up of ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spiders in the family

Physoglenidae Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade. Genera , the Wor ...

that was first described by

Raymond Robert Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educa ...

in 1990. Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the

in 2017.

Species

it contains nine species, found on

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

: *'' Meringa australis'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa borealis'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa centralis'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa conway'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa hinaka'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa leith'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa nelson'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand *'' Meringa otago'' Forster, 1990 ( type) – New Zealand *'' Meringa tetragyna'' Forster, 1990 – New Zealand

References

Araneomorphae genera Physoglenidae Spiders of New Zealand Taxa named by Raymond Robert Forster {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References