Genus of spiders
Takayus is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2001.[2]
As of June 2020[update] it contains seventeen species, found in Asia:[1]
- 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)
- Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.
- Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing. p. 436.
- Yin, C. M.; et al. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha. p. 1590.
- Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul.