title: Taira (spider)
text: # Taira (spider)
  
  Taira is a genus of East Asian tangled nest spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of March 2022 it contains seventeen species:
  
  * Taira borneoensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — Malaysia (Borneo)
  * Taira cangshan Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
  * Taira concava Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
  * Taira decorata (Yin & Bao, 2001) — China
  * Taira flavidorsalis (Yaginuma, 1964) — China, Japan
  * Taira gyaisiensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
  * Taira latilabiata Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
  * Taira liboensis Zhu, Chen & Zhang, 2004 — China
  * Taira nyagqukaensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
  * Taira obtusa Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
  * Taira qiuae Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
  * Taira sichuanensis Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
  * Taira sulciformis Zhang, Zhu & Song, 2008 — China
  * Taira wanzhouensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
  * Taira xuanenensis Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
  * Taira yangi Zhao, Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2021 — China
  * Taira zhui Wang, Jäger & Zhang, 2010 — China
  