Viciria

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Viciria
SWK12-3156 Viciria praemandibularis.jpg
Male
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Viciria
Thorell, 1877[1]
Type species

Thorell, 1877
Species

27, see text

Synonyms[1]

Viciria is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.[3] The genus includes thirty-one accepted species.[1]

Description[]

Both sexes reach a length of about 7 to 12 mm. Viciria is a colorful genus similar to Telamonia. However, the very long, thin opisthosoma of Viciria is almost cylindrical, and the color patterns differ. Viciria often shows a single broad longitudinal stripe with a pattern of black dashes on the opisthosoma. A white median stripe is present on the cephalus of the female.[4]

V. praemandibularis males have an orange carapace with bronze iridescent hairs on the cephalus, and an orange opisthosoma with a dark brown median stripe. The legs are yellowish, except for the brown first pair. The carapace of the female is yellowish with a white stripe, bordered by two orange stripes. The median stripe of the opisthosoma is bright orange, narrowly bordered with white. The rest of the opisthosoma is yellowish. The legs are paler than in males.[4]

Distribution[]

Like Telamonia, Viciria is found in Africa and Asia.

Species[]

  • Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Southern Africa
  • Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon, Gabon
  • Simon, 1885 — Sumatra
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Fage, 1923 — West Africa
  • Simon, 1903 — Gabon
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Strand, 1922 — Sumatra
  • Simon, 1902 — India
  • Simon, 1902 — India
  • Simon, 1903 — Gabon
  • Simon, 1903 — Gabon
    • Viciria equestris pallida Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
  • Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • , 1934 — India
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
  • Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
  • Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
  • Viciria polysticta Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
  • (Hasselt, 1893) — Singapore to Sulawesi
  • Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
  • Hasselt, 1894 — Sulawesi
  • Simon, 1910 — West Africa
  • Simon, 1902 — Java
  • Simon, 1903 — Equatorial Guinea

Transitions[]

Following species were transferred to other genera.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Viciria Thorell, 1877". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. ^ Prószyński, J. (1984). "Remarks on Viciria and Telamonia (Araneae, Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 37: 420.
  3. ^ Thorell, T. (1877). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 10: 341–637.
  4. ^ a b Murphy & Murphy 2000: 301
  • 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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