Orange Strong-armed Jumper
The species name "api", meaning "fire" in Malay, refers to the characteristic fiery bright orange colouration of parts of the carapace and legs of the males of this species found only in Singapore so far.
| Length | ♀ 4 mm; ♂ unknown |
| Type Locality | Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore |
| Distribution | Singapore. |
| Habitat | Tall grasses near mangroves. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Beaty Biodiversity Museum (BBM), Spencer Entomological Museum of the University of British Columbia (UBC–SEM), Vancouver, Canada; ♀ (Maddison et al., 2020b)
Piranthus api (Original description ♀)
Maddison, in Maddison et al., 2020b A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini): 82, f. 229-236 doi:10.3897/zookeys.1004.57526
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore.