Taraxella
Taraxella is a genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1984.[2]
| Taraxella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Taraxella Wanless, 1984[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. solitaria Wanless, 1984 | |
| Species | |
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5, see text | |
Species
As of August 2019 it contains five species, found only in Indonesia and Malaysia:[1]
- Taraxella hillyardi Wanless, 1987 – Malaysia
- Taraxella petrensis Wanless, 1987 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Taraxella reinholdae Wanless, 1987 – Borneo
- Taraxella solitaria Wanless, 1984 (type) – Borneo
- Taraxella sumatrana Wanless, 1987 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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References
- "Gen. Taraxella Wanless, 1984". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- Wanless, F. R. (1984). "A review of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with descriptions of six new genera". Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History. 46: 135–205.
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