Bavia

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{For|Bafia|Bafia (disambiguation)}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Bavia.sexpunctata.png

| image_caption = B. sexpunctata male and female

| taxon = Bavia

| authority = Simon, 1877

| type_species = Bavia aericeps

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1877

| subdivision = See text.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

}}

Bavia is a genus of jumping spiders.

Description

Bavia species are around {{convert|6|to|11|mm}} 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.

Species

{{As of|2021|January}}, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Gen. Bavia Simon, 1877 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2536 |access-date=2021-01-15 }}

Image:Bavia.sexpunctata.female.-.tanikawa.jpg

Bavia ludicra (Keyserling, 1882) was transferred to genus Sandalodes and synonymized with Sandalodes superbus in 2000.Platnick 2007

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|lc=yes|2021|January}}.

Footnotes

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References

  • {{aut|Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John}} (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • {{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.

Further reading

  • {{aut|Reimoser, E.}} (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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229224613/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/02/02brm125-133.pdf |date=2006-12-29 }} (description of B. smedleyi and how it is distinct from several similar species)