Bavia Simon, 1877

Maddison, Wayne P., Beattie, Imara, Marathe, Kiran, Ng, Paul Y. C., Kanesharatnam, Nilani, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2020, A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini), ZooKeys 1004, pp. 27-97 : 27

Bavia Simon, 1877

Bavia Simon 1877. Type species Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877

Acompse L. Koch 1879. Type species Acompse suavis L. Koch, 1879 = B. aericeps .

Species included.

Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877

Bavia capistrata (C. L. Koch, 1846), combination restored, removed from synonymy with Evarcha flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846)

Bavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997

Bavia nessagyna Maddison, sp. nov.

Bavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000

Bavia intermedia (Karsch, 1880)

Bavia maurerae (Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016), comb. nov., transferred from Epidelaxia

Bavia planiceps (Karsch, 1880)

Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859)

Bavia valida (Keyserling, 1882)

Diagnosis.

Larger-bodied than most other baviines. Carapace relatively broad and having hexagonal shape, widest at or just behind the PLEs (Fig. 13 ). Chelicerae lack the sharp lateral ridge (Fig. 4 ) of Indopadilla . Embolus shorter than length of tegulum, arising in all known species on bulb’s distal prolateral corner. ECP on a prominent medial bulge. Male endite with small thumb-like lobe laterally (Fig. 6 ), as in the Padillothorax badut group.

Illustrations are given here of some of the well-known species of Bavia , including B. aericeps (Figs 36-41 ) and B. sexpunctata (Figs 54-63 ). B. capistrata was synonymized without explanation by Prószyński (2017) with the extremely different Evarcha flavocincta , possibly because of superficial similarities in the palp. C. L. Koch’s (1846) illustration of the male of Maevia capistrata is clearly a Bavia by body form and markings. The only doubt about the status of C. L. Koch’s species is which species of Bavia is it precisely. Candidates include the one figured by Cao, Li, and Żabka (2016), the one figured here as B. cf. capistrata (Figs 42-53 ), and B. nessagyna (Figs 64-75 ). The one figured here as B. cf. capistrata could be different from that figured by Cao, Li, and Żabka. The former shows a slightly wider embolus and more delicate ECP, and possibly more contrasting markings. Regardless, C. L. Koch’s species is removed from synonymy with Evarcha flavocincta and returned to Bavia .

A video of the living female B. cf. capistrata (specimen AS19.1128) is available in Maddison (2020).

In addition to the species below, we have seen an undescribed species near B. nessagyna from Mulu National Park (single female) and a species near B. intermedia (single male, here represented as specimen d079 in the Sanger data).

Figures

Figures 4 - 35. Variation in traits among baviines 4, 5 oblique views of female prosoma 4 Bavia nessagyna (specimen IDWM. 20004; note convex front face of chelicerae, and typical thorax) 5 Indopadilla redunca (holotype IDWM. 20011; note concave front face of chelicerae, and thoracic bulges) 6 - 12 left male endite (9 also with chelicera) 6 Bavia nessagyna (holotype IDWM. 20005) 7 Indopadilla redunca (specimen SWK 12 - M 0009) 8 Stagetillus opaciceps (specimen JK. 08.08.19.0001) 9 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen JK. 20.06.20.001) 10 Padillothorax badut (specimen SWK 12 - 4688) 11 Maripanthus jubatus (specimen AS 19.4373) 12 Piranthus planolancis (specimen AS 19.5970) 13 - 20 carapace (all females except 15) 13 Bavia nessagyna (specimen IDWM. 20004) 14 Indopadilla redunca (holotype IDWM. 20011) 15 Stagetillus opaciceps male (specimen JK. 13.02.26.0017) 16 Stagetillus cf. opaciceps female (specimen MRB 079). 17 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen JK. 20.06.20.001) 18 Padillothorax mulu (from Mulu Nat. Pk.) 19 Maripanthus reinholdae (specimen SWK 12 - 1934) 20 Piranthus planolancis (specimen AS 19.5940) 21 - 28 Metatarsus of first leg, retrolateral view. All female except 24 male. All are of left legs except 23, 25, 28 which are of right leg, digitally flipped 21 Bavia nessagyna (specimen IDWM. 20004) 22 Indopadilla kahariana (specimen SWK 12 - 1876) 23 Stagetillus cf. opaciceps (specimen MRB 079) 24 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen SWK 12 - EP 0105) 25 Padillothorax mulu (specimen SWK 12 - EP 0105) 26 Maripanthus reinholdae (specimen SWK 12 - 1934) 27 Maripanthus draconis (from Gunung Belemut, Johor) 28 Piranthus planolancis (specimen AS 19.5940) 29 - 35 prolateral surface of male first leg femur. 29 Bavia cf. capistrata (specimen from Singapore) 30 Indopadilla kahariana (specimen from Lambir Hills Nat. Pk.) 31 Stagetillus opaciceps (specimen JK. 08.08.19.0001) 32 Padillothorax semiostrinus (specimen JK. 20.06.20.001) 33 Padillothorax badut (specimen SWK 12 - 4688) 34 Maripanthus draconis (specimen from Johor, Gunung Lambak) 35 Piranthus bakau (holotype). Scale bars: 0.1 mm (6 - 12, 21 - 35), 1.0 mm (4, 5, 13 - 20).

Figures 36 - 41. Bavia aericeps 36 male left palp, ventral view (specimen 2008 PNG- 2407, Papua New Guinea, 5.231 ° S, 142.532 ° E) 37 same, retrolateral view of tibia 38 female epigyne, ventral (specimen SMF 60114, Samoa) 39 same, vulva. 40, 41 male (specimen 2008 PNG- 1517, Papua New Guinea, 5.283 ° S, 142.498 ° E). Distance between substrate grooves 10 mm. Scale bars: on genitalia 0.1 mm.

Figures 54 - 63. Bavia sexpunctata. 54 male left palp, ventral view (Singapore, Upper Peirce Reservoir) 55 same, retrolateral view of tibia 56 epigyne, ventral (Singapore, Bukit Timah) 57 vulva, dorsal 58, 59 male (specimen AS 19.2175, Singapore) 60 - 63 female (specimen AS 19.0230, Singapore). Scale bars: on genitalia 0.1 mm.

Figures 42 - 53. Bavia cf. capistrata. 42 male left palp, ventral view (specimen AS 19.1118, Singapore) 43 same, retrolateral view of tibia 44 epigyne, ventral (specimen AS 19.1128, Singapore) 45 vulva, dorsal 46 - 49 Male AS 19.1118 50 Male AS 19.2341 (Singapore) 51 - 53 female AS 19.1128 (Singapore). Scale bars: on genitalia 0.1 mm; on bodies 1.0 mm.

Figures 64 - 75. Bavia nessagyna sp. nov. 64 male left palp, ventral view (holotype IDWM. 20005) 65 same, retrolateral view of tibia 66 epigyne, ventral (specimen IDWM. 20003) 67 vulva, dorsal 68, 69 male (specimen SWK 12 - 4726) 70 - 72 male (specimen SWK 12 - 0590) 73 - 75 female (specimen SWK 12 - 4087). Distance between substrate grooves 10 mm. Scale bars: on genitalia 0.1 mm.