''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.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

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: * '' Bavia aericeps'' Simon, 1877 – Malaysia to

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'' Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline Islands * ''

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'' Barrion, 2000 – Philippines * ''

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'' (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines * ''

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'' (Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016)) – Philippines * ''

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'' Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia (Borneo) * ''

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'' (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines * ''

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'' Lei & Peng, 2011 – China * '' Bavia valida'' (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland,

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''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 .

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''.

External links

* Salticidae.org

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