Bathippus is a genus of jumping spiders.
This genus is very similar to the genus Canama.Zhang et al. 2003
Members of this genus are distributed throughout the Australasian region.
The genus name is derived from Βάθιππος, a Greek name.
Description Females are 6 to 9 mm long, males up to 10 mm. Bathippus is a colorful, long-legged genus, with long, thin bodies. The males have long, robust, forward-pointing chelicerae. The colors differ between species, but the carapace is in most species orange, sometimes with lighter stripes. The opisthosoma is grey, sometimes with three or four pairs of dark grey marks. The legs are orange, with the latter two pairs lighter than those in front.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 295
Habits Bathippus species are often found wandering about on shrubs in rain forests or their vicinity.
Species Bathippus birmanicus Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar Bathippus brocchus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus dentiferellus Strand, 1911 – Aru Islands Bathippus digitalis Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore Bathippus dilanians (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Aru Islands Bathippus elaphus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus keyensis Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands Bathippus kochi (Simon, 1903) – Moluccas Bathippus latericius (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus macilentus Thorell, 1890 – Sumatra Bathippus macrognathus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus macroprotopus Pocock, 1898 – Solomon Islands Bathippus manicatus Simon, 1902 – Borneo Bathippus molossus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus montrouzieri (Lucas, 1869) – Queensland, New Caledonia Bathippus morsitans Pocock, 1897 – Borneo Bathippus oedonychus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus oscitans (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus pahang Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Malaysia Bathippus palabuanensis Simon, 1902 – Java Bathippus papuanus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Solomon Islands Bathippus proboscideus Pocock, 1899 – New Guinea Bathippus rechingeri Kulczynski, 1910 – Solomon Islands Bathippus rectus Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore Bathippus ringens (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea Bathippus schalleri Simon, 1902 – Malaysia Bathippus sedatus Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo Bathippus seltuttensis Strand, 1911 – Aru Islands Bathippus shelfordi Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo Bathippus waoranus Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands
Footnotes
References (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2003): Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2): 187-195. PDF (B. digitalis, B. pahang, B. rectus) (2007): The World Spider Catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs
Further reading
: 1892: Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1–490. p. 401