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{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Tawhai arborea.jpg
| taxon = Tawhai arborea
| authority = (Urquhart, 1891)<ref name=WSC_g5771 />
| parent_authority = Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020<ref name=WSC_g5771 />
}}
'''''Tawhai''''' is a [[monotypic taxon|monotypic]] [[genus]] of Polynesian [[Long-jawed orb weaver|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,<ref name=Alva2020 /> and it has only been found in [[New Zealand]].<ref name=WSC_g5771 /> The type species, ''Tawhai arborea'', was originally described under the name "''Tetragnatha arborea"''.<ref name=Urqu1891 />
==See also==
* ''[[Tetragnatha]]''
* ''[[Orsinome]]''
* [[List of Tetragnathidae species]]
==References==
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<ref name=WSC_g5771>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Tawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2022-04-01| year=2022| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5771| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
<ref name=Alva2020>{{cite journal| author-last=Álvarez-Padilla| author-first=A.| author2-last=Kallal| author2-first=R. J.| author3-last=Hormiga| author3-first=G.| year=2020| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| title=Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)| volume=438| pages=1–107| doi=10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15158}}</ref>
<ref name=Urqu1891>{{cite journal| author-last=Urquhart| author-first=A. T.| year=1891| journal=Transactions of the New Zealand Institute| title=On new species of Araneae| volume=23| pages=128–189| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/926}}</ref>
}}
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[[Category:Monotypic Tetragnathidae genera]]
[[Category:Endemic spiders of New Zealand]]
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