Taksinus is a genus of tarantula. The genus contains the single species Taksinus bambus.[1] [2] The tarantula specialises in living in the culm of bamboo of the genus Gigantochloa. It is found in the Mueang Tak District of Thailand.[3] It was discovered by YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, arachnologist Narin Chomphuphuang, and arachnologist Chaowalit Songsangchote.[4] The genus is named after the Thai king Taksin the Great.
Tarkinsus has a low caput and a clypeus that is less than a width of the median ocular quadrangle and a spermathecae with twin seminal receptacles. The genus has a lack of incrassate tibia and metatarsus. The genus also has a lack of a dense brush of hair on the retrolateral side of the femora of the front limbs. Males lack apical embolus swelling.[3]