Tiomaniella

Tiomaniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Tiomaniella
Grall & Jäger, 2022[2]
Species:
T. ladam
Binomial name
Tiomaniella ladam
Grall & Jäger, 2022[1]

Tiomaniella is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae containing the single species, Tiomaniella ladam.[1]

Distribution

Tiomaniella ladam is endemic to Tioman Island, 32 km off the coast of Peninsular Malaysia.[1]

Etymology

The genus is named after Tioman Island. The species name is from Malay ladam#Malay "horseshoe", referring to the brown U-shaped patterning of the prosoma.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tiomaniella Grall & Jäger, 2022". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.
  2. ^ a b Grall, E.; Jäger, P. (2022). "Four new genera of Heteropodinae Thorell, 1873 from Malaysia, Brunei and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 5169: 1–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5169.1.1.