Takayus

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

Takayus
Scientific classification
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

Species

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

• List of Theridiidae species