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.[2]
Habits
Bavia is often found on the leaves of shrubs or lower tree branches.[2]
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:[1]
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Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 – Malaysia to Australia, Pacific Islands
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Bavia albolineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – Madagascar
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Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Malaysia
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Bavia decorata (Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra
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Bavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline Islands
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Bavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000 – Philippines
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Bavia hians (Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra
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Bavia intermedia (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
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Bavia maurerae (Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016)) – Philippines
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Bavia nessagyna Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Bavia planiceps (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
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Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, Japan (Ryūkyū Islands) to Australia
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Bavia sinoamerica Lei & Peng, 2011 – China
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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.[1]
Footnotes
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^ a b c "Gen. Bavia Simon, 1877". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2021-01-15.
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^ a b Murphy & Murphy 2000: 297
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^ Platnick 2007
References
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Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
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Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
