Tungari Explained

Tungari is a genus of brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Robert Raven in 1994. It is endemic to Australia. The name comes from an Aboriginal term meaning "song".^[1]

Species

the genus contained four species, all from the Cape York Peninsula region of Far North Queensland:^{[2] [1]}

• Tungari aurukun Raven, 1994
• Tungari kenwayae Raven, 1994 (type)
• Tungari mascordi Raven, 1994
• Tungari monteithi Raven, 1994

Notes and References

1. Raven. RJ. 1994. Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific.. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 291–706. 35.
2. Gen. Tungari Raven, 1994. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-17. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.