1990

• 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. 

1992

• A revisional study of the Japanese spiders of the genus Cyclosa MENGE. Acta arachnologica (Arachnological Society of Japan), 41(1): 11-85. 1992-08. ISSN 0001-5202. 

1998

• 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. 

1999

• 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. 

2001

• Twelve new species and one newly recorded species of the spider genus Araneus (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnol., 50(1): 63-86. 2001-09. 

2003

• 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. 

2005

• Japanese spiders of the genus Agelena (Araneae : Agelenidae) (pdf). Acta Arachnol., 54(1): 23-30. 2005-07. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/54/1/54_1_23/_pdf/-char/ja. 
• (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. 

2006

• 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. 

2013

• (pdf) Two new species of the genus Cyrtarachne (Araneae: Araneidae) from Japan hitherto identified as C. inaequalis. 62. 2013. pp. 95-101. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/62/2/62_95/_pdf/-char/ja. 

2017

• 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. 

2018

• 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. 

2019

• 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.