''Vailimia'' is a

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of Asian

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 ...

. The type species was described in 1907 from a single male about long. It was originally thought to be close to '' Harmochirus'', but the male pedipalp, chelicera, and

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drawn by Proszynski in 1984, and information gained from later collected specimens indicates otherwise. Subsequently, five more species have been identified. It may be a synonym for ''

Pancorius ''Pancorius'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. They are similar to ''Hyllus''. Description ''Pancorius'', or at least its Vietnamese species, are rather big, thickset and densely hair ...

''.

Name

The genus was originally named Vailima after the name of the last residence of

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and the village where it is situated. The genus name ''Vailima'' was erected by

Peckham & Peckham George Williams Peckham (March 23, 1845 – January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 – February 11, 1940) were a married couple who were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachno ...

in 1907. However, the name was misspelled ''Vailimia'' by Prószyński in 2003. The alternate name ''Vailimia'' in 2006 was suggested by C. F. Kammerer as the name was found to be preoccupied by the fish genus '' Vailima''.

Species

Most species are found in Borneo, though '' Vailimia longitibia'' was first identified in China, and ''Vailimia ajmerensis'' and ''Vailimia jharbari'' have been described from India. it contains six species, all found in Asia: *''

Vailimia ajmerensis ''Vailimia'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders. The type species was described in 1907 from a single male about long. It was originally thought to be close to '' Harmochirus'', but the male pedipalp, chelicera, and cephalothorax drawn by Pro ...

'' Caleb & Jangid, 2020 – India *''

Vailimia bakoensis ''Vailimia'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders. The type species was described in 1907 from a single male about long. It was originally thought to be close to '' Harmochirus'', but the male pedipalp, chelicera, and cephalothorax drawn by Pro ...

'' Prószyński &

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, 2013 –

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

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Vailimia jharbari ''Vailimia'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders. The type species was described in 1907 from a single male about long. It was originally thought to be close to '' Harmochirus'', but the male pedipalp, chelicera, and cephalothorax drawn by Pro ...

'' Basumatary, Caleb & Das, 2020 – India Vailimia sp

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Vailimia jianyuae ''Vailimia'' is a genus of Asian jumping spiders. The type species was described in 1907 from a single male about long. It was originally thought to be close to '' Harmochirus'', but the male pedipalp, chelicera, and cephalothorax drawn by Pro ...

'' Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Borneo *'' Vailimia longitibia'' Guo, Zhang & Zhu, 2011 –

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Vailimia masinei ''Vailimia'' is a genus of Asian Salticidae, jumping spiders. The type species was described in 1907 from a single male about long. It was originally thought to be close to ''Harmochirus'', but the male pedipalp, chelicera, and cephalothorax dra ...

'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1907) (

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) – Borneo

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