Talaus (spider)

Talaus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Talaus Simon, 1886
Type species
Talaus triangulifer Simon, 1886
Species
See text
Diversity
13 species

Talaus is a genus of crab spiders in the family Thomisidae, containing thirteen species. ^[1]

Species

Benjamin (2020) assumes that the South African species T. limbatus is probably misplaced in this genus. ^[2]

• Talaus beccarii Benjamin, 2020 — Malaysia (Borneo)
• Talaus dulongjiang Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008 — China
• Talaus elegans Thorell, 1890 — Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Talaus limbatus Simon, 1895 — South Africa
• Talaus nanus Thorell, 1890 — Myanmar, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Java)
• Talaus niger Tang, Yin, Ubick & Peng, 2008 — China
• Talaus oblitus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 — Sri Lanka
• Talaus opportunus (O. P.-Cambridge, 1873) — Sri Lanka
• Talaus samchi Ono, 2001 — Bhutan
• Talaus semicastaneus Simon, 1909 — Vietnam
• Talaus sulcus Tang & Li, 2010 — China
• Talaus triangulifer Simon, 1886 — Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra)
• Talaus xiphosus Zhu & Ono, 2007 — China

References

1. "Gen. Talaus Simon, 1886". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
2. Benjamin, S.P. (2020). "Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 4858 (3): 405–416. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6.