Bavia is a genus of jumping spiders.
Description
Bavia species are around 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
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
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 .
Footnotes
References
(2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
(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)