Tapponia

Tapponia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Oxyopidae
Genus:	Tapponia; Simon, 1885

Tapponia is a genus of Southeast Asian lynx spiders, first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885,

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.

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes four species:

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

References

1 2 3 "Gen. Tapponia Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
↑ Simon, E. (1885). "Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 29: 30–39.

External links

Citizen science observations for Tapponia at iNaturalist

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 "Gen. Tapponia Simon, 1885". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-10.

[Simo1885-2] Simon, E. (1885). "Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 29: 30–39.