Bavia

Bavia species are around 6 to 11 millimetres (0.24 to 0.43 in) long in both sexes. Species of this genus are slender with long legs.[2]

Bavia is often found on the leaves of shrubs or lower tree branches.[2]

Bavia is distributed throughout the Australasian region, with one isolated species found in Madagascar.

As of January 2021, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

female B. sexpunctata

• Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 – Malaysia to Australia, Pacific Islands
• Bavia albolineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – Madagascar
• Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Malaysia
• Bavia decorata (Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra
• Bavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline Islands
• Bavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000 – Philippines
• Bavia hians (Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra
• Bavia intermedia (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Bavia maurerae (Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016)) – Philippines
• Bavia nessagyna Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Bavia planiceps (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859) – Sumatra, Ryūkyū Islands to Australia
• Bavia sinoamerica Lei & Peng, 2011 – China
• Bavia valida (Keyserling, 1882) – Queensland, Gilbert Islands

Bavia ludicra (Keyserling, 1882) was transferred to genus Sandalodes and synonymized with Sandalodes superbus in 2000.[3]

The name "Bavia kairali" has been used for a species found in India, but the name was not recognized by the World Spider Catalog as of January 2021.[1]

• Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

• Reimoser, E. (1929): Spolia Mentawiensa: Araneae. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 2:125-133 PDF (description of B. smedleyi and how it is distinct from several similar species)

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• Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs