Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Hisponinae
Genus: Bavia

Genus : Bavia sp GUDANG

♂ 7.5mm

First found at Gudang 4 a pair of male and female together in June 2014.

Then a single male was found in prawn farm in October 2014

So far this species of Bavia sp GUDANG is the most commond in Sabah :

1) 15 June 2014 First pair of male and female was found in Gudang 4
2) 30 June 2014 2nd Male found in Balung River
3) 14 October 2014 Third Male was found in Prawn Farm

1 2 3

15-6-2014 GUDANG 4
30-3-2014 BALUNG RIVER
14-10-2014 PRAWN FARM



 

 it is the most commonly found species of its genus. The cephalothorax is brown, with some white hairs and patches, a darker eye region and black eye surrounds.

The slender legs are yellowish-brown with dark brown femora, with the exception of the first pair, which is long, robust, and held in a way resembling a scorpion.

Size of this male Bavia sp GUDANG


The body length of this male Bavia sp GUDANG is 7.5mm
The first pair of leg is the longest at 5.5mm in length.

 
Dorsal View of the abdomen
Ventral Side of the abdomen

Dorsal View of the abdomen
(back or top view)

 

 

 

 

 

Ventral Side of the abdomen
(abdominal view)

The male's dark abdomen is long and narrow. The abdomen width is only half the width of the cephalothorax.
(The cephalothorax is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together)