Biology:Bavia

Short description: Genus of spiders

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
Type species
Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877
Species
See text.

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:

female B. sexpunctata

• 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).

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

• Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs

Wikidata ☰ Q1134730 entry