Taksinus

Translingual Etymology mul :af en:Taksin -us 1 From mul Taksin en named after King Taksin the Great -us m. Further from mul th ตากสิน dtàak-sǐn. mul taxonomic eponyms Proper noun 1 m genus family Theraphosidae certain tarantulas found in Thailand mul Hafsa Khalil Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/world/electric-blue-tarantula-discovered-thailand-scn-scli-intl 2023-09-26 The team that found the species living in a mangrove forest also included Thai wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, who is also an author on the paper published last week. Some of the same team also discovered a previously unknown type of tarantula – now named Taksinus bambus – that lived in the hollowed stems of bamboo plants in Thailand last year. https://web.archive.org/web/20260428085123/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/26/world/electric-blue-tarantula-discovered-thailand-scn-scli-intl 28 April 2026 References 1 1 mul Spiders