Thianella

Thianella is a possible monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Thianella disjuncta. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1907,[2] and is found only on Java.[1] Based on a male specimen, Roewer placed it close to Thiania, but his placements of salticids have often been questionable and no drawings currently exist.[3] The name is an alteration of the salticid genus Thiania, and the species name is from Latin disiunctus "separated". The World Spider Catalog regards the genus and species names as nomina dubia (dubious names).[1]

Thianella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Thianella
Strand, 1907, nomen dubium[1]
Species:
T. disjuncta
Binomial name
Thianella disjuncta

In 1963, Schenkel named a new genus "Thianella", but this was invalid because of the prior existence of Strand's Thianella. The replacement name Tasa was put forward by Wanda Wesołowska in 1981.[4]

References

  1. "Gen. Thianella Strand, 1907". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  2. Strand, E. (1907). "Spinnen des Zoologischen Instituts in Tübingen". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 24: 391–468.
  3. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 273. ISBN 978-983-9681-17-8.
  4. "Gen. Tasa Wesołowska, 1981". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-09-03.


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