Species Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859)

• Salticus sexpunctatus Doleschall, C.L. 1859. Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5: 1-60 [24, pl. 4 fig. 8] [as Attus sexpunctatus in figure].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MGH ♂ (from figure), 'Amboina'.
• Acompse dulcinervis Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1149, pl. 100 figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MGH 16542 ♀ ♂, Pelewinseln.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727

Generic Combinations

• Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859). —
  Simon, E. 1905. Arachnides de Java, recueillis par le Prof K. Kraepelin en 1904. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 49-73 [70]
• Marptusa sexpunctatus (Doleschall, 1859) [also description of female]. —
  Thorell, T. 1878. Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuanti. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 1-317 [224]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from the type locality 'Pelewinseln' for Australia. However this location is Palau NOT the Pellew Islands. May not be present here, though it does occur in New Guinea.

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. 1997. Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. II. Distribution of nine genera, with description of eleven new species. Journal of Arachnology 25: 109-136 [118] (redescription and distribution)

Maddison, W.P., Beattie, I., Marathe, K., Ng, P.Y.C., Kanesharatnam, N., Benjamin, S.P. & Kunte, K. 2020. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Baviini). ZooKeys 1004: 27-97 [45]

Tanikawa, A. 1993. Two newly recorded species from Japan, Bavia sexpunctata (Doleschall, 1859) and Rhene setipes Zabka, 1985 (Araneae: Salticidae). Acta Arachnologica 42: 13-19

Thorell, T. 1878. Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuanti. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 1-317 [224] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Marptusa sexpunctatus, also description of female)

Żabka, M. 1988. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, III. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 41: 421-479 [436] (redescription)

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