Thiania Explained

Thiania is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1846.^[1]

Species

it contains twenty-three species, found in Asia from Pakistan to the Philippines, with one species found on Hawaii:^[2]

• Thiania abdominalis Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
• Thiania aura Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
• Thiania bhamoensis Thorell, 1887 – India to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra, Bali)
• Thiania cavaleriei Schenkel, 1963 – China
• Thiania chrysogramma Simon, 1901 – China (Hong Kong)
• Thiania coelestis (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Thiania cupreonitens (Simon, 1899) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Thiania demissa (Thorell, 1892) – Indonesia
• Thiania formosissima (Thorell, 1890) – Borneo
• Thiania gazellae (Karsch, 1878) – New Guinea
• Thiania humilis (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Thiania inermis (Karsch, 1897) – China (Hong Kong)
• Thiania jucunda Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Thiania latefasciata (Simon, 1877) – Philippines
• Thiania latibola Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Malaysia
• Thiania luteobrachialis Schenkel, 1963 – China
• Thiania pulcherrima C. L. Koch, 1846 (type) – Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Thiania simplicissima (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Thiania sinuata Thorell, 1890 – Malaysia
• Thiania suboppressa Strand, 1907 – China, Vietnam, Japan. Introduced to USA (Hawaii)
• Thiania subserena Simon, 1901 – Malaysia
• Thiania tenuis Zhang & Maddison, 2012 – Borneo
• Thiania viscaensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines

See also

• Thianella

External links

• Photograph of Thiania sp.

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, C. L.. 1846. Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp., Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88. . 1–234. Carl Ludwig Koch.
2. Gen. Thiania C. L. Koch, 1846. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-26. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.