Canama

Canama is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its five described species occur from Borneo to Queensland.

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Canama

Simon, 1903
Type species
Salticus forceps
Species

see text

Diversity
6 species

This genus is very similar to Bathippus.[1]

Description

Females are up to 8 mm (13 in) long, males up to 10 mm (38 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

  • Canama dorcas (Thorell, 1881)Moluccas
  • Canama forceps (Doleschall, 1859)New Guinea
  • Canama hinnulea (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland
  • Canama inquirenda Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands
  • Canama lacerans (Thorell, 1881)Malaysia
  • Canama rutila Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 283
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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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