| Bavia | |
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| B. sexpunctata male and female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Bavia Simon, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 | |
| Species | |
Bavia is a genus of jumping spiders.
Description
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.
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.
Species
As of January 2021, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
- 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.
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.
Footnotes
- ^ "Gen. Bavia Simon, 1877". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 297
- Platnick 2007
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 Archived 2006-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (description of B. smedleyi and how it is distinct from several similar species)
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs
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