Bavia
| Bavia | |
|---|---|
| |
| B. sexpunctata male and female | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Bavia Simon, 1877[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877
| |
| Species | |
Bavia is a genus of jumping spiders.
Description[edit]
Bavia species are around 6 to 11 millimetres (0.24 to 0.43 in) long in both sexes. Species of this genus are slender with long legs.[2]
Habits[edit]
Bavia is often found on the leaves of shrubs or lower tree branches.[2]
Distribution[edit]
Bavia is distributed throughout the Australasian region, with one isolated species found in Madagascar.
Species[edit]
As of January 2021[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 – Malaysia to Australia, Pacific Islands
- Bavia albolineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – Madagascar
- 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 intermedia (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
- Bavia maurerae (Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016)) – Philippines
- Bavia nessagyna Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Bavia planiceps (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
- Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands) to Australia
- Bavia sinoamerica Lei & Peng, 2011 – China
- Bavia valida (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland, Gilbert Islands
Bavia ludicra (Keyserling, 1882) was transferred to genus Sandalodes and synonymized with Sandalodes superbus in 2000.[3]
The name "Bavia kairali" has been used for a species found in India, but the name was not recognized by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021[update].[1]
Footnotes[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Reimoser, E. (1929): Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2:125-133 PDF Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (description of B. smedleyi and how it is distinct from several similar species)
External links[edit]
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs
 | This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |