Bathippus

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Bathippus.montrouzieri.svg

| image_caption = Head of a male B. montrouzieri

| taxon = Bathippus

| authority = Thorell, 1892

| type_species = Plexippus macrognathus

| type_species_authority = Thorell, 1881

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Bathippus is a genus of jumping spiders.

This genus is very similar to the genus Canama.Zhang et al. 2003

Members of this genus are distributed throughout the Australasian region.

The genus name is derived from Βάθιππος, a Greek name.

Description

Females are 6 to 9 mm long, males up to 10 mm. Bathippus is a colorful, long-legged genus, with long, thin bodies. The males have long, robust, forward-pointing chelicerae. The colors differ between species, but the carapace is in most species orange, sometimes with lighter stripes. The opisthosoma is grey, sometimes with three or four pairs of dark grey marks. The legs are orange, with the latter two pairs lighter than those in front.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 295

Habits

Bathippus species are often found wandering about on shrubs in rain forests or their vicinity.

Species

Bathippus birmanicus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
Bathippus brocchus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus dentiferellus Strand, 1911 – Aru Islands
Bathippus digitalis Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore
Bathippus dilanians (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Aru Islands
Bathippus elaphus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus keyensis Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands
Bathippus kochi (Simon, 1903) – Moluccas
Bathippus latericius (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus macilentus Thorell, 1890 – Sumatra
Bathippus macrognathus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus macroprotopus Pocock, 1898 – Solomon Islands
Bathippus manicatus Simon, 1902 – Borneo
Bathippus molossus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus montrouzieri (Lucas, 1869) – Queensland, New Caledonia
Bathippus morsitans Pocock, 1897 – Borneo
Bathippus oedonychus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus oscitans (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus pahang Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Malaysia
Bathippus palabuanensis Simon, 1902 – Java
Bathippus papuanus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Solomon Islands
Bathippus proboscideus Pocock, 1899 – New Guinea
Bathippus rechingeri Kulczynski, 1910 – Solomon Islands
Bathippus rectus Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore
Bathippus ringens (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
Bathippus schalleri Simon, 1902 – Malaysia
Bathippus sedatus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Bathippus seltuttensis Strand, 1911 – Aru Islands
Bathippus shelfordi Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Bathippus waoranus Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands

Footnotes

References

{{aut|Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John}} (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
{{aut|Zhang, J.X.; Song, D.X. & Li, D.}} (2003): Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2): 187-195. [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/51/51rbz187-195.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229224828/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/51/51rbz187-195.pdf |date=2006-12-29 }} (B. digitalis, B. pahang, B. rectus)
{{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The World Spider Catalog], version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

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