''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 The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

of ''O. albomaculata'' is densely covered with short hairs, ''O. scutellata'' is only sparsely covered. The sexes are similar, with males having distinctive shiny scuta. The first, elongated pair of legs is held in a mantis-like manner. It seems that ''Ohilimia'' mimic 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 ''Diolenius'' is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1870. Species it contains sixteen species, found only in Indonesian New Guinea (provinces of Papua and West Papua), Papua New Guinea and on the Moluccas ...

'' and '' Chalcolecta'', which also have elongated front legs.

Distribution

''Ohilimia'' only occurs in

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

s of the northeastern Cape York Peninsula of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, New Guinea and the Moluccas islands Ternate and Kai. The current distribution seems to be due to past land bridges.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: * ''

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 d ...

'' ( Thorell, 1881) – Moluccas; Bird's Head Peninsula, New Guinea * '' Ohilimia laensis'' Gardzińska & Patoleta, 2010 – New Guinea * '' Ohilimia scutellata'' (Kritscher, 1959) – Western and Central Provinces of Papua New Guinea; Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

References

Bibliography

* Thorell, T. (1881): Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. ''Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova'' 17: 1-727. * Strand, E. (1911): Araneae von den Aru- und Kei-Inseln. ''Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges.'' 34: 127-199. * Kritscher, E. (1959): Die Arten der Gattung ''Discocnemius'' Thorell, 1881 (Aran., Salticidae). ''Doriana'' 3(101): 1-9. * Davies, T.V. & (1989): Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. ''Memoirs of the Queensland Museum'' 27(2): 189-266. * Gardzińska, J. (2006): A revision of the spider genus ''Ohilimia'' Strand, 1911 (Araneae: Salticidae). ''Annls zool. Warsz.'' 56: 375-385
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(with key to ''Ohilimia'' and related genera)

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