Khantao: A New Genus of Tarantula from Western Yunnan, China

Khantao gen. nov. is a newly described genus of tarantula spiders from the subfamily Selenocosmiinae. The dataset was authored by Kun Yu and published under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare in May 2026. It is a small dataset, 1.9 KB in size, stored in the TNT file format.

Use Cases

• Classifying new spider specimens based on the described genus characteristics.
• Conducting phylogenetic analysis of the Selenocosmiinae subfamily.
• Studying the biodiversity of Mygalomorph spiders in the Yunnan region of China.
• Validating taxonomic keys for the identification of Asian tarantulas.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• The taxonomic description is specific to a new genus from a defined geographic region (western Yunnan, China).
• The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-25, indicating recent curation.

Limitations

• The dataset is extremely small at 1.9 KB, suggesting limited scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 08:32:22.

Geography

Western Yunnan, China