Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Synotaxidae
Subfamilia: Physogleninae
Genus: Meringa
Species: M. australis – M. borealis – M. centralis – M. conway – M. hinaka – M. leith – M. nelson – M. otago – M. tetragyna
[list of species after Forster et al. (1990)]
Name
Meringa Forster, 1990
Gender
feminine
Type species
Meringa otago Forster, 1990, by original designation
References
cited sources
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)
Meringa is a genus of Polynesian araneomorph spiders in the family Physoglenidae that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1990.[2] Originally placed with the Synotaxidae, it was moved to the Physoglenidae in 2017.[3]
Species
As of September 2019 it contains nine species, found on New Zealand:[1]
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
See also
List of Physoglenidae species
References
"Gen. Meringa Forster, 1990". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
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.
Dimitrov, D.; et al. (2017). "Rounding up the usual suspects: a standard target-gene approach for resolving the interfamilial phylogenetic relationships of ecribellate orb-weaving spiders with a new family-rank classification (Araneae, Araneoidea)". Cladistics. 33 (3): 242. doi:10.1111/cla.12165. PMID 34715728
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