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Genus: Talaus Simon, 1886 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Talaus opportunus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873

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Described:

Distribution: Sri Lanka

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Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK 1m 4f (b1239) - (Benjamin, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Thomisus opportunus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873d: 120, pl. 13, f. 5 (Dmf) Original description

Talaus opportunus Simon, 1895a: 997 (T from Thomisus; f. 1061 see Talaus semicastaneus)

Talaus opportunus Benjamin, 2020: 411, f. 2E-F, 6A-D (mf)

References

Benjamin, S. P. (2020). Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Talaus Simon, 1886 with description of a new species (Araneae: Thomisidae). Zootaxa 4858(3): 405-416. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.6 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1873d). On some new genera and species of Araneida. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 41(1): 112-129, pl. 12-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1873.tb00501.x -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-10-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Benjamin, 2020
2020-10-01	Species distribution update	Benjamin, 2020	Old value