Takayus
| Takayus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Class: | Arachnida | 
| Order: | Araneae | 
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae | 
| Family: | Theridiidae | 
| Genus: | Yoshida, 2001[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| T. takayensis (Saito, 1939) 
 | |
| Species | |
| 
 17, see text  | |
Takayus is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2001.[2]
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
- ^ a b "Gen. Takayus Yoshida, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
 - ^ Yoshida, H. (2001). "A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Acta Arachnologica. 50 (2): 157–181. doi:10.2476/asjaa.50.157.
 
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.