Bavia

Taxobox
name = "Bavia"

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image_caption = "B. sexpunctata" male + female
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Hisponinae
genus = "Bavia"
genus_authority = Simon, 1877
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Bavia
diversity = 15 species
type_species = "Bavia aericeps"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1877
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Bavia" is a genus of jumping spiders.

Description

"Bavia" species are around 6 to 11 cm long in both sexes. Species of this genus are slender with long legs.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 297]

Habits

"Bavia" is often found on the leaves of shrubs or lower tree branches.

Distribution

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

pecies

* "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 [Platnick 2007] .

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

Further reading

* (1929): Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. "The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum" 2:125-133 [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/02/02brm125-133.pdf PDF] (description of "B. smedleyi" and how it is distinct from several similar species)

External links

* Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/bavia/bavia.htm Diagnostic drawings and photographs]