''Takayus'' is a

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of Asian comb-footed spiders (family

Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes ...

) that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2001.

Species

it contains seventeen species, found in Asia: *'' 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) –

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(Far East), China,

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, Japan *''

Takayus linimaculatus ''Takayus linimaculatus'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of China {{theridiidae- ...

'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *''

Takayus lunulatus ''Takayus lunulatus'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China, the far east of Russia, and Korea. References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1993 Spiders of Asia {{theridiidae-stub ...

'' (Guan & Zhu, 1993) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea *''

Takayus lushanensis ''Takayus lushanensis'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of China {{theridiidae-st ...

'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *''

Takayus naevius ''Takayus naevius'' is a species of cob-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of China {{theridiidae-stub ...

'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *''

Takayus papiliomaculatus ''Takayus papiliomaculatus'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China. References Theridiidae Spiders described in 2005 Spiders of China {{theridiidae-stub ...

'' Yin, Peng & Zhang, 2005 – China *''

Takayus quadrimaculatus ''Takayus quadrimaculatus'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China and Korea.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1991 Spiders of Asia {{t ...

'' (Song & Kim, 1991) – China, Korea *''

Takayus simplicus ''Takayus simplicus'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with ...

'' Yin, 2012 – China *''

Takayus sublatifolius ''Takayus sublatifolius'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of China {{theridiidae- ...

'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *''

Takayus takayensis ''Takayus takayensis'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China, Korea, and Japan. References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1939 Spiders of Asia {{theridiidae-stub ...

'' (Saito, 1939) (

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) – China, Korea, Japan *''

Takayus wangi ''Takayus wangi'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China.https://wsc.nmbe.ch/specieslist/3546 NMBE References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of China {{theridiidae-stub ...

'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *''

Takayus xui ''Takayus xui'' is a species of comb-footed spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China. References Theridiidae Spiders described in 1998 Spiders of China {{theridiidae-stub ...

'' (Zhu, 1998) – China Formerly included: *''T. lyricus'' (Walckenaer, 1841) (Transferred to ''

Yunohamella ''Yunohamella'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by H. Yoshida in 2007. Species , the World Spider Catalog accepted eight species, found in Asia, Europe, and North America: *'' Yunohamella gibbosa'' ...

'') *''T. subadultus'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Yunohamella'') *''T. yunohamensis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Yunohamella'') In

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: *''T. wolmerensis'' (Paik, 1996) = ''Takayus quadrimaculatus'' (Song & Kim, 1991)

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