''Taurongia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by

Henry Roughton Hogg Henry Roughton Hogg (9 February 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British amateur arachnologist. Biography Born in Stockwell, Surrey, he attended Uppingham School from 1859-1862, and later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he obtained ...

in 1901. it consists of only two species: ''T. ambigua'' and ''T. punctata''. Originally placed with the

Amaurobiidae ''Amaurobiidae'' is a family of three-clawed cribellate or ecribellate spiders found in crevices and hollows or under stones where they build retreats, and are often collected in pitfall traps. Unlidded burrows are sometimes quite obvious in crust ...

, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1967.

References

Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of Australia {{Araneomorphae-stub