''Tapponia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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of Southeast Asian lynx spiders containing the single species, ''Tapponia micans''. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885, and is only found in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and

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Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Oxyopidae Spiders of Asia {{Araneomorphae-stub

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