''Sparbambus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

containing the two species, ''Sparbambus gombakensis'' and ''Sparbambus sindhudurg'' . It was first described by J. X. Zhang, J. R. W. Woon & D. Q. Li in 2006, and is found in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. They are similar to members of '' Wanlessia''. The name is derived from the Indian ''bambu'', referring to the habitat where the species was initially found. The prefix ''spar'' denotes that the genus is in the subfamily

Spartaeinae The Spartaeinae are a subfamily of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The subfamily was established by Fred R. Wanless in 1984 to include the groups Boetheae, Cocaleae, Lineae, Codeteae and Cyrbeae, which in turn were defined by E ...

. The two species name refers to the type localities, the Ulu

Gombak The Gombak District is an administrative district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capi ...

Malaysia and Sindhudurg Maharashtra, India. The original species were found in bamboo, but repeated searches have failed to find new specimens, leading experts to believe that bamboo isn't their normal habitat. It seems to share the same microhabitat with ''

Paracyrba wanlessi ''Paracyrba'' is a genus of jumping spiders found only in Malaysia. It contains only one species, ''Paracyrba wanlessi''. Its microhabitat are the water-filled hollow internodes of decaying bamboo, where it preys for aquatic animals, especially m ...

'', which preys on aquatic animals, such as '' Gigantochloa scortechinii'', in the hollow interior of decaying bamboo internodes.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q14736079, from2=Q1304589 Arthropods of Malaysia Monotypic Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Asia