Tauala

Tauala is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by F. R. Wanless in 1988. The name "Tauala" is an arbitrary combination of letters.

==Species== it contains thirteen species, found only in Taiwan and Queensland: Tauala alveolatus Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala athertonensis Gardzinska, 1996 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala australiensis Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala bilobatus Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala daviesae Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala elongata Peng & Li, 2002 – Taiwan (=Tauala elongatus as corrected formation of suffix inflection for gender agreement). Tauala lepidus Wanless, 1988 (type) – Australia (Queensland) Tauala minutus Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala ottoi Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala palumaensis Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala setosus Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala splendidus Wanless, 1988 – Australia (Queensland) Tauala zborowskii Żabka & Patoleta, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)