Canama
| Canama | |
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| Possibly Canama hinnulea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Canama Simon, 1903 |
| Type species | |
Doleschall, 1859
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| Species | |
Canama is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its five described species occur from Borneo to Queensland.
This genus is very similar to Bathippus.[1]
Description[]
Females are up to 8 mm (1⁄3 in) long, males up to 10 mm (3⁄8 in). The longish abdomen is clothed in white hairs with red streaks and bands. Males have very large, long chelicerae which diverge and project forwards. The long, spiny legs are dark with pale tarsi and metatarsi.[1]
Species[]
- (Thorell, 1881) – Moluccas
- (Doleschall, 1859) – New Guinea
- (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland
- Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands
- (Thorell, 1881) – Malaysia
- Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Footnotes[]
References[]
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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