Bavia
| Bavia | |
|---|---|
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| 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 aericeps Simon, 1877 — Malaysia to Australia, Pacific Islands
- Bavia albolineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — Madagascar
- Bavia annamita Simon, 1903 — Vietnam
- Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Malaysia
- Bavia decorata (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra
- Bavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 — Caroline Islands
- Bavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000 — Philippines
- Bavia hians (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra
- Bavia modesta (Keyserling, 1883) — Queensland
- Bavia papakula Strand, 1911 — Aru Islands
- Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859) — Sumatra, Ryūkyū Islands to Australia
- Bavia smedleyi Reimoser, 1929 — Sumatra
- Bavia sonsorol Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 — Caroline Islands
- Bavia thorelli Simon, 1901 — Sulawesi
- Bavia valida (Keyserling, 1882) — Queensland, Gilbert Islands
Bavia ludicra (Keyserling, 1882) was transferred to genus Sandalodes and synonymized with Sandalodes superbus in 2000.[2]
Footnotes
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
- Reimoser, E. (1929): Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2:125-133 PDF (description of B. smedleyi and how it is distinct from several similar species)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bavia. |
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs