Talaus (spider)

Talaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Talaus
Simon, 1886
Type species
Talaus triangulifer
Simon, 1886
Species

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Diversity
13 species

Talaus is a genus of crab spiders in the family Thomisidae, containing thirteen species.[1]

Species

Benjamin (2020) assumes that the South African species T. limbatus is probably misplaced in this genus.[2]

  • Talaus beccarii Benjamin, 2020 — Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Talaus dulongjiang Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008 — China
  • Talaus elegans Thorell, 1890 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Talaus limbatus Simon, 1895 — South Africa
  • Talaus nanus Thorell, 1890 — Myanmar, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Java)
  • Talaus niger Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008 — China
  • Talaus oblitus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Sri Lanka
  • Talaus opportunus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) — Sri Lanka
  • Talaus samchi Ono, 2001 — Bhutan
  • Talaus semicastaneus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
  • Talaus sulcus Tang & Li, 2010 — China
  • Talaus triangulifer Simon, 1886 — Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra)
  • Talaus xiphosus Zhu & Ono, 2007 — China

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Talaus Simon, 1886". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ^ Benjamin, S.P. (2020). "Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 4858 (3): 405–416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6.