Taira is a genus of East Asian tangled nest spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2]
| Taira | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Taira Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. flavidorsalis (Yaginuma, 1964) | |
| Species | |
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17, see text | |
Species
editAs of March 2022[update] it contains seventeen species:[1]
- Taira borneoensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — Malaysia (Borneo)
- Taira cangshan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
- Taira concava Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
- Taira decorata (Yin & Bao, 2001) — China
- Taira flavidorsalis (Yaginuma, 1964) — China, Japan
- Taira gyaisiensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
- Taira latilabiata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
- Taira liboensis Zhu, Chen & Zhang, 2004 — China
- Taira nyagqukaensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
- Taira obtusa Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
- Taira qiuae Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
- Taira sichuanensis Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
- Taira sulciformis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
- Taira wanzhouensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
- Taira xuanenensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
- Taira yangi Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
- Taira zhui Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Taira Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.