Taivala

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Taivala invisitata

| authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1907

| parent_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1907

}}

Taivala is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Taivala invisitata. It was first described by G. Peckham & Elizabeth Peckham in 1907,{{cite journal| last1=Peckham| first1=G.| last2=Peckham| first2=E. G.| year=1907| title=The Attidae of Borneo| journal=Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters| pages=603–653| volume=15| author-link2=George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham}} and is found in Sarawak, Borneo.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Taivala Peckham & Peckham, 1907| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-26| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2991| doi=10.24436/2}} Only females have been found, but it is thought to be closely related to Pseudamycus. A female epigyne was drawn by Proszynski in 1984.{{Cite book |last1=Murphy |first1=Frances |last2=Murphy |first2=John |date=2000 |title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia |publication-place=Kuala Lumpur |publisher=Malaysian Nature Society |name-list-style=amp }}