Bavia

Bavia is a genus of jumping spiders.

Description

Bavia species are around long in both sexes. Species of this genus are slender with long legs.

Bavia is often found on the leaves of shrubs or lower tree branches.

Bavia is distributed throughout the Australasian region, with one isolated species found in Madagascar.

, the World [Spider Catalog] accepted the following species:Bavia aericeps Simon, 1877 – Malaysia to Australia, Pacific IslandsBavia albolineata Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – MadagascarBavia capistrata – MalaysiaBavia decorata – SumatraBavia fedor Berry, Beatty & Prószyński, 1997 – Caroline IslandsBavia gabrieli Barrion, 2000 – PhilippinesBavia hians – SumatraBavia intermedia – PhilippinesBavia maurerae ) – PhilippinesBavia nessagyna Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia Bavia planiceps – PhilippinesBavia sexpunctata – Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan to AustraliaBavia sinoamerica Lei & Peng, 2011 – ChinaBavia valida – Queensland, Gilbert Islands
Bavia ludicra was transferred to genus Sandalodes and synonymized with Sandalodes superbus in 2000.
The name "Bavia kairali" has been used for a species found in India, but the name was not recognized by the World Spider Catalog as of 2021.