# Taivala

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***Taivala*** is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic_taxon) [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) containing the single species, ***Taivala invisitata***. It was first described by G. Peckham & [Elizabeth Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham) in 1907,[2] and is found in [Sarawak](/source/Sarawak), [Borneo](/source/Borneo).[1] Only females have been found, but it is thought to be closely related to *[Pseudamycus](/source/Pseudamycus)*. A female [epigyne](/source/Epigyne) was drawn by Proszynski in 1984.[3]

## References

1. ["Gen. Taivala Peckham & Peckham, 1907"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2991). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-09-26.

1. Peckham, G. & Peckham, E. G. (1907). "The Attidae of Borneo". *Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters*. **15**: 603–653.

1. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). *An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia*. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society.

## External links

- [Diagnostic drawings of *T. invisitata*](http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/taivala/invisit.htm)

## Further reading

- Prószyński, J. (1984). "Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae)". *Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna, Siedlcach*. **2**: 1–177.

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