Biology:Tauala

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Tauala
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Tauala
Wanless, 1988[1]
Type species
T. lepidus
Wanless, 1988
Species

13, see text

Tauala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1988.[2] The name "Tauala" is an arbitrary combination of letters.[2]

Species

(As of August 2019) it contains thirteen species, found only in Taiwan and Queensland:[1]

  • Tauala alveolatus Wanless, 1988Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala athertonensis Gardzinska, 1996 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala australiensis Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala bilobatus Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala daviesae Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala elongata Peng & Li, 2002 – Taiwan
  • Tauala lepidus Wanless, 1988 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala minutus Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala ottoi Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala palumaensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala setosus Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala splendidus Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Tauala zborowskii Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Tauala Wanless, 1988. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3003. Retrieved 2019-09-26. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wanless, F. R. (1988). "A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81–172. doi:10.1080/03014223.1988.10422611. 

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