Asemonea tanikawai
| Asemonea tanikawai | |
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| Female Asemonea tanikawai from Okinawa | |
| Male Asemonea tanikawai from Okinawa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Asemonea |
| Species: | A. tanikawai
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| Binomial name | |
| Asemonea tanikawai Ikeda, 1996
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Asemonea tanikawai is a small species of jumping spider in the genus Asemonea that is endemic to Japan. It lives in trees in mountain ranges. The spider was first described in 1996 by Hiroyoshi Ikeda. It is whitish-yellow with a pattern of two brown stripes down the back of the carapace and nine black dots on the back of the abdomen. The spider has been found throughout Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands.