Tauala

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Tauala

| authority = Wanless, 1988

| type_species = T. lepidus

| type_species_authority = Wanless, 1988

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 13, see text

}}

Tauala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1988.{{cite journal| last=Wanless| first=F. R.| year=1988| title=A revision of the spider group Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Australian region| journal=New Zealand Journal of Zoology| pages=81–172| volume=15| doi=10.1080/03014223.1988.10422611}} The name "Tauala" is an arbitrary combination of letters.

Species

{{as of|2019|08}} it contains thirteen species, found only in Taiwan and Queensland:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Tauala Wanless, 1988| 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/3003| doi=10.24436/2}}

References