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Ohilimia
''Ohilimia'' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Description ''Ohilimia albomaculata'' reaches a body length of 7 to 8 mm, while ''O. scutellata'' is 5 to 7 mm long. The cephalothorax of ''O. albomaculata'' is densely covered with short hairs, ''O. scutellata'' is only sparsely covered. The sexes are similar, with males having distinctive shiny Scute, scuta. The first, elongated pair of legs is held in a mantis-like manner. It seems that ''Ohilimia'' mimic fly, flies in reverse: their first legs are held like the wings of a fly, and they move backwards.Davies & Żabka 1989 Relationships ''Ohilimia'' is probably closely related to ''Diolenius'' and ''Chalcolecta'', which also have elongated front legs. Distribution ''Ohilimia'' only occurs in rainforests of the northeastern Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas islands Ternate and Kai Islands, Kai. The current distribution seems to be due to past land bridges. Species , t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohilimia Albomaculata
''Ohilimia'' is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Description ''Ohilimia albomaculata'' reaches a body length of 7 to 8 mm, while ''O. scutellata'' is 5 to 7 mm long. The cephalothorax of ''O. albomaculata'' is densely covered with short hairs, ''O. scutellata'' is only sparsely covered. The sexes are similar, with males having distinctive shiny Scute, scuta. The first, elongated pair of legs is held in a mantis-like manner. It seems that ''Ohilimia'' mimic fly, flies in reverse: their first legs are held like the wings of a fly, and they move backwards.Davies & Żabka 1989 Relationships ''Ohilimia'' is probably closely related to ''Diolenius'' and ''Chalcolecta'', which also have elongated front legs. Distribution ''Ohilimia'' only occurs in rainforests of the northeastern Cape York Peninsula of Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas islands Ternate and Kai Islands, Kai. The current distribution seems to be due to past land bridges. Species , t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |