Taksinus

Taksinus is a genus of tarantula. The genus contains the single species Taksinus bambus.^[1][2] The tarantula specialises in living in the culm of bamboo of the genus Gigantochloa. It is found in the Mueang Tak District of Thailand.^[3] It was discovered by YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, arachnologist Narin Chomphuphuang, and arachnologist Chaowalit Songsangchote.^[4] The genus is named after the Thai king Taksin the Great.^[4]

Taksinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Taksinus Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022
Species:	T. bambus
Binomial name
Taksinus bambus Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022

Description

Taksinus has a low caput and a clypeus that is less than a width of the median ocular quadrangle and a spermathecae with twin seminal receptacles. The genus has a lack of incrassate tibia and metatarsus. The genus also has a lack of a dense brush of hair on the retrolateral side of the femora of the front limbs. Males lack apical embolus swelling.^[3]