Takayus Explained

Takayus is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2001.^[1]

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in Asia:^[2]

• 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

• List of Theridiidae species

Further reading

• Book: Song. D. X.. Zhu. M. S.. Chen. J.. 1999. The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. 640.
• Book: Zhu, M. S.. 1998. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing. 436.
• Book: Yin, C. M.. etal. 2012. Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha. 1590.
• Book: Namkung, J.. 2002. The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul.

Notes and References

1. Yoshida. H.. 2001. A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica. 157–181. 50. 2. 10.2476/asjaa.50.157. free.
2. Gen. Takayus Yoshida, 2001. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-14. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.