Tawhai is a monotypic genus of Polynesian long-jawed orb-weavers containing the single species Tawhai arborea. The genus was first described by A. Álvarez-Padilla, R. J. Kallal and Gustavo Hormiga in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in New Zealand.[1] The type species, Tawhai arborea, was originally described under the name "Tetragnatha arborea".[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Tawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020[1] |
| Species: | T. arborea
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| Tawhai arborea (Urquhart, 1891)[1]
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See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Tawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Álvarez-Padilla, A.; Kallal, R. J.; Hormiga, G. (2020). "Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 438: 1–107. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1.
- ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1891). "On new species of Araneae". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 23: 128–189.