Biology:Bavia aericeps

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Short description: Species of spider

Bavia aericeps
Bavia aericeps 8449.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Bavia
Species:
B. aericeps
Binomial name
Bavia aericeps
Simon, 1877
Synonyms

Acompse suavis

Bavia aericeps is the type species of the jumping spider genus Bavia. In its distribution range it is the most commonly found species of its genus.

Description

The cephalothorax is brown, with some white hairs and patches, a darker eye region and black eye surrounds. The long opisthosoma is also brown, with dark brown patches and small white dots running along its length in males, and a broad median yellow stripe in females. The slender legs are yellowish-brown with dark brown femora, with the exception of the first pair, which is long, robust, and held in a way resembling a scorpion.[1]

Distribution

Bavia aericeps is found from Malaysia to Australia , and on several Pacific Islands.

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 297

References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1069748 entry