Tauala
| Tauala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Species | |
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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[update] it contains thirteen species, found only in Taiwan and Queensland:[1]
- Tauala alveolatus Wanless, 1988 – Australia (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
- ^ a b "Gen. Tauala Wanless, 1988". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ a b 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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