Taksinus
Genus of spiders
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Taksinus is a genus of tarantula. The genus contains the single species Taksinus bambus.[1][2] The tarantula specialises in living in the culm of bamboo of the genus Gigantochloa. It is found in the Mueang Tak District of Thailand.[3] It was discovered by YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, arachnologist Narin Chomphuphuang, and arachnologist Chaowalit Songsangchote.[4] The genus is named after the Thai king Taksin the Great.[4]
| Taksinus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Taksinus Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022 |
| Species: | T. bambus |
| Binomial name | |
| Taksinus bambus Songsangchote, Sippawat, Khaikaew & Chomphuphuang, 2022 | |
Description
Taksinus has a low caput and a clypeus that is less than a width of the median ocular quadrangle and a spermathecae with twin seminal receptacles. The genus has a lack of incrassate tibia and metatarsus. The genus also has a lack of a dense brush of hair on the retrolateral side of the femora of the front limbs. Males lack apical embolus swelling.[3]
