Tapponia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oxyopidae |
| Genus: | Tapponia Simon, 1885[1] |
Tapponia is a genus of Southeast Asian lynx spiders, first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885,[2]
It was long considered a monotypic genus with the sole species T. micans, only found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Three new species from Taiwan were described in 2024.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes four species:[1]
- Tapponia auriola Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024 – Taiwan
- Tapponia micans Simon, 1885 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) (type species)
- Tapponia parva Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024 – Taiwan
- Tapponia rarobulbus Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2024 – Taiwan
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Tapponia Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ^ Simon, E. (1885). "Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 29: 30–39.
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