Taivala

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Taivala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Plexippinae
Tribe: Plexippini
Genus: Taivala
Peckham & Peckham, 1907
Species: T. invisitata
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Taivala invisitata
Peckham & Peckham, 1907

Taivala is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with only one species, Taivala invisitata. It is endemic to Sarawak, Borneo. Males have not yet been found. The genus is thought to be closely related to Pseudamycus. The female epigyne was drawn by Proszynski (1984).[1]

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[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy (2000): 273

[edit] References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

[edit] Further reading

  • Peckham, G. & Peckham, E. G. (1907): The Attidae of Borneo. Trans. Wiscons. Ac. Sci. Arts Let. 15: 603-653.
  • Prószyński, J. (1984): Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach 2: 1-177.

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