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Salticidae Bavia

Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Wavy-striped Long-bellied Jumper

The male may be distinguished from the more common B. sexpunctata by the white setae clothing the palps and segments on legs I. This species lacks the dorsal tuft of white setae that is seen at the posterior end of the abdomen of male B. sexpunctata. The female may be recognised by the wavy stripe on the dorsum.

Length♀ 7–8 mm; ♂ 7 mm.
HabitatFoliage in secondary forests.
Type LocalityBintan, Riau Islands, Indonesia.
DistributionChina, Indonesia (Riau Islands), Singapore.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Holotype

    Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Maevia capistrata C. L. Koch, 1848, (1603)

Taxonomic references

  1. Maevia capistrata (Original description ♂)

    C. L. Koch, 1846 Die Arachniden: 76, f. 1331 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744

  2. Bavia capistrata (♂, removed from Synonym of Evarcha flavocincta)

    Żabka, 1988 Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, III: 435, f. 37-39

  3. Bavia capistrata (♂, D♀)

    Cao & Li, in Cao, Li & Żabka, 2016 The jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae): 51, f. 5A-D, 6A-E doi:10.3897/zookeys.630.8466

  4. Bavia (♂♀)

    Maddison, in Maddison et al., 2020b A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini): 42, f. 29, 42-53 doi:10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526

Distribution of Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846)

China, Indonesia (Riau Islands), Singapore.

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