Akio Tanikawa

Akio Tanikawa (谷川明男), Japanese arachnologist.

• Laboratory of Biodiversity Science, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo.
• E-mail: dp7a-tnkw@j.asahi-net.or.jp

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• 67 taxon names authored by Akio Tanikawa

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• Tanikawa, A. 1989. Japanese spiders of the genus Larinia Simon (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 38(2): 31–47. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.38.31 Reference page. 

• Ono, H. & Tanikawa, A. 1990. A revision of the Japanese spiders of the genus Langbiana (Araneae, Zodariidae). Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 23: 101–112. [107, f. 13–19] (PDF) Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. 1992. A revisional study of the Japanese spiders of the genus Cyclosa (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 41: 11-85. Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 1992a. A revision of the Japanese spiders of the genus Metleucauge Levi, 1980 (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Acta Arachnologica 41: 161-175. Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. & Ono, H. 1993. Spiders of the genus Cyclosa (Araneae, Araneidae) from Taiwan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 19: 51-64. Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. 1995. Two new species of the spider genus Diphya (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Japan and Taiwan, with notes on the known species. Acta Arachnologica 44(2): 101-111. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.44.101. . Reference page. 

• The New Synonymy of the Spider Genus Argyrodes (Araneae : Theridiidae) and a Description of a New Species from Japan. Acta Arachnol. 47(1): 21-26. 1998-07. 

• Chida, T. & Tanikawa, A. 1999 A new species of the spider genus Argyrodes (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan previously misidentified with A. fissifrons. Acta Arachnologica 48(1): 31-36. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.48.31 . full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 1999. Japanese spiders of the genus Hersilia (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Acta Arachnologica 48(2): 131-137. Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. 2001. Twelve new species and one newly recorded species of the spider genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 50(1): 63-86. Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2001. Okileucauge sasakii, a new genus and species of spider from Okinawajima Island, Southwest Japan (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). The Journal of Arachnology 29(1): 16-20. DOI: 10.1636/0161- 8202(2001)029[0016:OSANGA]2.0.CO;2. Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2001b. Two new synonymies of the spider genus Cyrtarachne (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 50(1): 87-89. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.50.87. . Reference page. 

• Two New Species and Two Newly Recorded Species of the Spider Family Pisauridae (Arachnida : Araneae) from Japan. Acta Arachnol. 52(1): 35-42. 2003-07. 

• Tanikawa, A. 2005. Japanese spiders of the genus Agelena (Araneae: Agelenidae). Acta Arachnologica 54: 23-30. Reference page. 
• (pdf) A new species of the spider genus Mallinella and the first description of the male of M. sadamotoi (Araneae: Zodaliidae). 54. 2005. pp. 99-101. doi:10.2476/asjaa.54.99. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/54/2/54_2_99/_pdf/-char/ja. 

• A new species of the spider genus Octonoba (Araneae: Uloboridae) from Takarajima Is., the Tokara Isls., Japan (pdf). Acta Arachnol. 55(1): 19-20. 2006. doi:10.2476/asjaa.55.19. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/55/1/55_1_19/_pdf/-char/ja. 
• Rediscovery of Cnodalia halpax (Araneae : Araneidae) after an interval of 116 years (pdf). Acta Arachnol. 55(1): 21-22. 2006-09. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/55/1/55_1_21/_pdf/-char/ja. 
• A new species of the spider genus Atypus (Araneae: Atypidae) from Amami-ôshima, Japan (pdf). Acta Arachnol.: 25-27. doi:10.2476/asjaa.55.25. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/55/1/55_1_25/_pdf/-char/ja. 
• (pdf) A new species of the spider genus Hippasa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Yonagunijima Is., the Yaeyama Isls., Japan. 55. 2006. pp. 91-93. doi:10.2476/asjaa.55.91. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/55/2/55_2_91/_pdf/-char/ja. 

• Tanikawa, A. 2007. A new species of the spider genus Hippasa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Yonagunijima Is., the Yaeyama Isls., Japan. Acta Arachnologica 55(2): 91-93. Reference page. 

Tanikawa, A. & Yawata, A. 2013. A new species of the genus Nesticus (Araneae: Nestcidae) from Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Acta Arachnologica 62(2): 109-110. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.62.109. . Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. 2013: Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Ryuthela (Araneae: Liphistiidae). Acta arachnologica 62(1): 33-40. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.62.33 Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2013b. Two new species of the genus Cyrtarachne (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan hitherto identified as C. inaequalis. Acta Arachnologica 62(2): 95-101. Reference page. 

• Bodkhe, A.K., Manthen, S. & Tanikawa, A. 2014. A new species of Dyschiriognatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from India. Indian Journal of Arachnology 3(1): 28-34. Reference page. 
• Petcharad, B., Bumrungsri, S., Douangboubpha, B. & Tanikawa, A. 2014. The first records of Cyclosa bifida (Araneae: Araneidae) from Thailand and Laos with redescription of the male and female. Acta Arachnologica 63(1): 27–30. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.63.27 Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. & Miyashita, T. 2014: Discovery of a cryptic species of Heptathela from the northernmost part of Okinawajima Is., southwest Japan, as revealed by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Acta Arachnologica 63(2): 65–72. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.63.65 Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A., Usio, N., Ohwaki, A., Endo, C. & Miyashita, T. 2014. A new species of Pardosa (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Sadogashima Is., Japan. Acta Arachnologica 63(1): 23–25. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.63.23 Reference page. 

• Baba, Y.G. & Tanikawa, A. 2017. €A new species of the genus Anyphaena (Araneae: Anyphaenidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 66(1): 31-33. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2017. A new species of Zygiella from Amami-ôshima Island, Japan (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 66(1): 1-4. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Baba, Y.G. & Tanikawa, A. 2018. Two new spider species of the genera Glenognatha and Pachygnatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 67(1): 39-42. Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. & Petcharad, B. 2018. A new species of Cyclosa (Araneae: Araneidae) from Southeast Asia. Acta Arachnologica 67(2): 87-90. Reference page. 

• Baba, Y.G., Yamasaki, T. & Tanikawa, A. 2019. A new species of Siler (Araneae: Salticidae) from Japan. Arachnology 18(3): 253-257. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2019.18.3.253. . Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. & Yamasaki, T. 2019 Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand 1906) is a junior synonym of A. maritatum (O.Pickard-Cambridge 1877). Acta Arachnologica 68(1): 11-13. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.68.11 . full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Suzuki, Y., Petcharad, B., Into, T. & Tanikawa, A. 2020. Field observation on predation of an orb web spider (Araneae: Araneidae) by the corinnid sac spider, Corinnomma severum (Araneae: Corinnidae). Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 75-76. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.69.75. . Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2020. A new species of Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 69(1): 11-15. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.69.11 . Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. & Yamanouchi, S. 2020. A new record of Gea subarmata (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 69(2): 131-132. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.69.131. . Reference page. 

• Suzuki, Y. & Tanikawa, A. 2021. A new species of the genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Zootaxa 5052(4): 591–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.4.9. . Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A., Yamasaki, T. & Petcharad, B. 2021. Two new genera of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 70(2): 87-101. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.70.87. . Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. 2022. Japanese spiders of the genus Pseudopoda (Araneae: Sparassidae). Acta Arachnologica 71(1): 33-44. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.71.33. . Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2022a. Arctosa cervina (Araneae: Lycosidae) removed from the synonymy with A. subamylacea and newly recorded in Japan. Acta Arachnologica 71(2): 73-75. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.71.73. . Reference page. 

• Tanikawa, A. & Petcharad, B. 2023. Leviaraneus, a new genus of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia. Acta Arachnologica 72(2): 119-127. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.72.119. . Reference page. 

• Baba, Y.G. & Tanikawa, A. 2018. A new species of the genus Cheiracanthium (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) from the Nansei Islands, Japan. Acta Arachnologica 73(1): 43-47. Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A. 2024. A survey of Tmarus (Araneae: Thomisidae) from Central Ryukyu, Japan, with the description of a new species and the first description of the female of T. makiharai. Acta Arachnologica 73(1): 5–8. Reference page. 

• Arakawa, K., Kato, N. & Tanikawa, A. 2025. Description and genome sequencing of Olios ishikawatodaorum n. sp. (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae) from Aichi, Japan. Acta Arachnologica 74(1): 1–8. Reference page. 
• Tanikawa, A., Into, T. & Petcharad, B. 2025. Notoagelena silvicola, a new genus and species of the spider family Agelenidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Thailand. Acta Arachnologica 74(1): 51–54. Reference page.