Takayus

Takayus is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2001.[2]

Takayus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Takayus
Yoshida, 2001[1]
Type species
T. takayensis
(Saito, 1939)
Species

17, see text

Species

As of June 2020 it contains seventeen species, found in Asia:[1]

  • Takayus chikunii (Yaginuma, 1960) – China, Japan
  • Takayus codomaculatus Yin, 2012 – China
  • Takayus fujisawai Yoshida, 2002 – Japan
  • Takayus huanrenensis (Zhu & Gao, 1993) – China
  • Takayus kunmingicus (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Takayus latifolius (Yaginuma, 1960) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
  • Takayus linimaculatus (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Takayus lunulatus (Guan & Zhu, 1993) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea
  • Takayus lushanensis (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Takayus naevius (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Takayus papiliomaculatus Yin, Peng & Zhang, 2005 – China
  • Takayus quadrimaculatus (Song & Kim, 1991) – China, Korea
  • Takayus simplicus Yin, 2012 – China
  • Takayus sublatifolius (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Takayus takayensis (Saito, 1939) (type) – China, Korea, Japan
  • Takayus wangi (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Takayus xui (Zhu, 1998) – China

Formerly included:

  • T. lyricus (Walckenaer, 1841) (Transferred to Yunohamella)
  • T. subadultus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to Yunohamella)
  • T. yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to Yunohamella)

In synonymy:

  • T. wolmerensis (Paik, 1996) = Takayus quadrimaculatus (Song & Kim, 1991)

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Takayus Yoshida, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. Yoshida, H. (2001). "A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Acta Arachnologica. 50: 157–181.

Further reading
  • Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.
  • Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing. p. 436.
  • Yin, C. M.; et al. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha. p. 1590.
  • Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul.


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