# Tawhai

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For other uses, see [Tawhai (disambiguation)](/source/Tawhai_(disambiguation)).

***Tawhai*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/Genus) of Polynesian [long-jawed orb-weavers](/source/Long-jawed_orb_weaver) 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](/source/New_Zealand).[1] The type species, *Tawhai arborea*, was originally described under the name "*Tetragnatha arborea"*.[3]

## See also

- *[Tetragnatha](/source/Tetragnatha)*
- *[Orsinome](/source/Orsinome)*

## References

1. ["Gen. Tawhai Álvarez-Padilla, Kallal & Hormiga, 2020"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5771). *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 Araneae"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/926). *Transactions of the New Zealand Institute*. **23**: 128–189. 1891.

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