Bavia

Bavia
B. sexpunctata male + female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hisponinae
Genus: Bavia
Simon, 1877
Type species
Bavia aericeps
Simon, 1877
Species

see text

Diversity
15 species

Bavia is a genus of jumping spiders.

Description

Bavia species are around 6 to 11 mm long in both sexes. Species of this genus are slender with long legs.[1]

Habits

Bavia is often found on the leaves of shrubs or lower tree branches.[1]

Distribution

Bavia is distributed throughout the Australasian region, with one isolated species found in Madagascar.

Species

female B. sexpunctata

Bavia ludicra (Keyserling, 1882) was transferred to genus Sandalodes and synonymized with Sandalodes superbus in 2000.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Murphy & Murphy 2000: 297
  2. Platnick 2007

References

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