Staianus is a monotypic genus of Malagasy huntsman spiders containing the single species, Staianus acuminatus. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889,[2] and is found on Madagascar.[1]

Staianus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Staianus
Simon, 1889[1]
Species:
S. acuminatus
Binomial name
Staianus acuminatus
Simon, 1889

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Staianus Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1889). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXXI. Descriptions d'espèces et the genres nouveaux de Madagascar et de Mayotte". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 8 (6): 223–236.