Tauala Explained

Tauala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1988.^[1] The name "Tauala" is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Species

it contains thirteen species, found only in Taiwan and Queensland:^[2]

• 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 elongatus as corrected formation of suffix inflection for gender agreement).
• 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)

Notes and References

1. Wanless. F. R.. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 81–172. 15. 10.1080/03014223.1988.10422611.
2. Gen. Tauala Wanless, 1988. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-26. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.