# Taraire

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This article is about a genus of spiders. For the tree, see [Beilschmiedia tarairi](/source/Beilschmiedia_tarairi).

***Taraire*** is a small [genus](/source/Genus) of Polynesian [long-jawed orb-weavers](/source/Long-jawed_orb_weaver). 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](/source/New_Zealand).[1] They build vertical orb webs near forest floors, and can be found resting in the center. The genus name is a reference to *[Beilschmiedia tarairi](/source/Beilschmiedia_tarairi)*, the native New Zealand tree that they are commonly found in.[2]

As of April 2022 it contains only two species: *[T. oculta](/source/Taraire_oculta)* and *[T. rufolineata](/source/Taraire_rufolineata)*, one newly described and one transferred from *[Meta](/source/Meta_(spider))*.[3][1] Though they are closely related to species of *[Tawhai](/source/Tawhai)*, their exact relation to other genera in the family is still unclear due to inconclusive phylogenetic analyses.[2]

## See also

- *[Linyphia](/source/Linyphia)*
- *[Meta](/source/Meta_(spider))*

## References

1. ["Gen. Taraire Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5770). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2022-04-01.

1. ["Taxonomy and phylogenetics of Nanometinae and other Australasian orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15158). *Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History*. **438**: 1–107. 2020. [doi:10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1](https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0090.438.1.1)

1. ["On new species of Araneida"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/877). *Transactions of the New Zealand Institute*. **21**: 134–152. 1889.

## Further reading

- ["Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/2152). *Records of the Canterbury Museum*. **4**: 1–27, pl. 1933.
- ["Araignées de Nouvelle-Zélande"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1720). *Annales de la Société Entomologique de France*. **86**: 317–430. 1917.

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