Takayus

Genus of spiders

Takayus

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Theridiidae
Genus:  | Takayus
Yoshida, 2001[1]
Type species
T. takayensis

(Saito, 1939)

Species

17, see text

Takayus is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2001.[2]

## Species

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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)

## See also

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* List of Theridiidae species

## References

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1. ^ a b "Gen. Takayus Yoshida, 2001". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
2. ^ Yoshida, H. (2001). "A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Acta Arachnologica. 50 (2): 157–181\. doi:10.2476/asjaa.50.157.157-181&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info:doi/10.2476/asjaa.50.157&rft.aulast=Yoshida&rft.aufirst=H.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.2476%2Fasjaa.50.157&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Takayus" class="Z3988">

## Further reading

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* 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.

Taxon identifiers

Takayus|

* Wikidata: Q5239341
* Wikispecies: Takayus
* ADW: Takayus
* BioLib: 468110
* BOLD: 104074
* CoL: 7S5L
* EoL: 112095
* GBIF: 2157417
* iNaturalist: 360800
* IRMNG: 1054790
* ITIS: 849465
* NCBI: 449644
* Open Tree of Life: 1076077
* WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03474

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