Taira (spider) explained

Taira is a genus of East Asian tangled nest spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species:^[2]

• Taira borneoensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — Malaysia (Borneo)
• Taira cangshan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
• Taira concava Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
• Taira decorata (Yin & Bao, 2001) — China
• Taira flavidorsalis (Yaginuma, 1964) — China, Japan
• Taira gyaisiensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
• Taira latilabiata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
• Taira liboensis Zhu, Chen & Zhang, 2004 — China
• Taira nyagqukaensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
• Taira obtusa Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
• Taira qiuae Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
• Taira sichuanensis Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
• Taira sulciformis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
• Taira wanzhouensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
• Taira xuanenensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
• Taira yangi Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
• Taira zhui Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China

Notes and References

1. Lehtinen. P. T.. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha.. Annales Zoologici Fennici. 199–468. 4.
2. Web site: Gen. Taira Lehtinen, 1967 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern . 29 March 2022.