Tapponia

Tapponia
Scientific classification
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

As of October 2025, 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

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Tapponia Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  2. ^ 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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