Yellow-and-black Bead Crab Spider
The carapace of Talaus is characteristically short, convex and shiny. The abdomen is pea-like. In T. xiphosus, the abdomen has a basic pattern made up of two pairs of black spots. Details may vary among individuals, e.g., there may be an additional smaller pair of black spots anteriorly; the anterior pair may be separated by a short median stripe, or both may merge as one, or linked by a narrow bar.
| Length | ♀ 2–3 mm; ♂ 2–3 mm. . |
| Habitat | Foliage in disturbed forests and wasteland. |
| Distribution | Brunei, China. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♀ (8289) (Benjamin, 2020)
Holotype
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University (HEBU), Baoding, China; ♂ of Talaus xiphosus (Zhu & Ono, 2007b)
Paratype(s)
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University (HEBU), Baoding, China; 3♀ of Talaus xiphosus (Zhu & Ono, 2007b)
Talaus triangulifer (Original description ♀)
Simon, 1886b Espèces et genres nouveaux de la famille des Thomisisdae: 172
Talaus xiphosus (Original description ♂♀)
Zhu & Ono, 2007b New record of the spider genus Talaus from south China, with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae): 81, f. 1-5 doi:10.2476/asjaa.56.81
Talaus xiphosus (probably Synonym of T. triangulifer)
Benjamin, 2020 Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae): 415 doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6
Talaus triangulifer (♂♀, Synonym of Talaus xiphosus)
Li et al., 2024a Notes on species of Talaus Simon, 1886 (Araneae, Thomisidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species: 204, f. 6A-G, 7A-E doi:10.3897/zookeys.1190.111583
Brunei, China.