Bavia
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{For|Bafia|Bafia (disambiguation)}}
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| 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
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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
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 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.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)
External links
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- Salticidae.org: [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/bavia/bavia.htm Diagnostic drawings and photographs]
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