Thianella

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Thianella disjuncta

| authority = Strand, 1907, nomen dubium

| parent_authority = Strand, 1907, nomen dubium

| display_parents = 2

}}

Thianella is a possible monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Thianella disjuncta. It was first described by Embrik Strand in 1907,{{cite journal| last=Strand| first=E.| year=1907| title=Spinnen des Zoologischen Instituts in Tübingen| journal=Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere| pages=391–468| volume=24| author-link=Embrik Strand}} and is found only on Java.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Thianella Strand, 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/3008| doi=10.24436/2}} Based on a male specimen, Roewer placed it close to Thiania, but his placements of salticids have often been questionable and no drawings currently exist.{{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 |isbn=978-983-9681-17-8 |name-list-style=amp |page=273}} The name is an alteration of the salticid genus Thiania, and the species name is from Latin {{lang|la|disiunctus}} "separated". The World Spider Catalog regards the genus and species names as nomina dubia (dubious names).

In 1963, Schenkel named a new genus "Thianella", but this was invalid because of the prior existence of Strand's Thianella. The replacement name Tasa was put forward by Wanda Wesołowska in 1981.{{cite web| title=Gen. Tasa Wesołowska, 1981 |website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2020-09-03| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3008}}