Taito (genus)

Taito
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Opiliones
Family:	Cosmetidae
Subfamily:	Cosmetinae
Genus:	Taito; Kury & Barros, 2014
Type species
	Taito spaceinvaders; Kury & Barros, 2014
Species
	15, see text.

Taito is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae. The genus is endemic to South America with fourteen species found in the Upper Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru and one species found in the Pachitea River Basin in Peru.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus is named for the Japanese video game company Taito because the colorful body marks of the species in this genus resemble the aliens from their Space Invaders video game. The type species of the genus, Taito spaceinvaders, is named for the game as well. Another species is named for the similar 1981 game, Galaga.[1]

Some species in this genus were formerly placed in Cynortula, Eucynortella, and Cynorta; however, the general taxonomy of Cosmetidae is poorly known and so most genera are monotypic genera or wastebin taxa. These species were moved to Taito largely based on morphological evidence.[1]

Species

There are currently 15 described species in Taito:[1]

Taito adrik Friedrich & Lehmann, 2020[2]
Taito galaga Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito honda Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito insperatus (Soares, 1970)
Taito juruensis (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
Taito kakera Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito kawaiikei Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito litteratus (Soares, 1970)
Taito medinae Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito oblongatus (Roewer, 1928)
Taito osmari Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito rorschachi Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito serriperna (Mello-Leitão, 1932)
Taito spaceinvaders Kury & Barros, 2014
Taito unapunctatus (Goodnight & Goodnight, 1943)

References

Kury, Adriano B; Barros, Carla ML (2014-05-01). "A new genus and eight new species of Amazonian cosmetines (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cosmetidae)". Zoological Studies. 53 (1): 24. doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0024-4. ISSN 1810-522X.
Friedrich, Stefan; Lehmann, Tobias (2020-01-28). "Taito adrik , a new harvestman species from the Área de Conservación Privada Panguana, Peruvian Amazonia (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae)". Zootaxa. 4729 (1): 105–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4729.1.7. ISSN 1175-5334.

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[:0-1] Kury, Adriano B; Barros, Carla ML (2014-05-01). "A new genus and eight new species of Amazonian cosmetines (Opiliones, Laniatores, Cosmetidae)". Zoological Studies. 53 (1): 24. doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0024-4. ISSN 1810-522X.

[:1-2] Friedrich, Stefan; Lehmann, Tobias (2020-01-28). "Taito adrik , a new harvestman species from the Área de Conservación Privada Panguana, Peruvian Amazonia (Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae)". Zootaxa. 4729 (1): 105–115. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4729.1.7. ISSN 1175-5334.