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)
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