title: Tekella
text: # Tekella
  
  Tekella is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cyatholipidae, and was first described by A. T. Urquhart in 1894.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of April 2019 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:
  
  * Tekella absidata Urquhart, 1894 – New Zealand
  * Tekella bisetosa Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  * Tekella lineata Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  * Tekella nemoralis (Urquhart, 1889) (type) – New Zealand
  * Tekella unisetosa Forster, 1988 – New Zealand
  