Viciria
Encyclopedia
Viciria is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
. 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.
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.
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Description
Both sexes reach a length of about 7 to 12 mm. Viciria is a colorful genus similar to TelamoniaTelamonia
Telamonia is a spider genus of the Salticidae family , found in rain forest, mostly in Asia and parts of Africa.-Description:...
. However, the very long, thin opisthosoma
Opisthosoma
The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma . It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum Chelicerata...
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.
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.
Species
- Viciria alba Peckham & PeckhamGeorge and Elizabeth PeckhamGeorge Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,...
, 1903 — Southern AfricaSouthern AfricaSouthern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN... - Viciria albocincta Thorell, 1899 — CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, GabonGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west... - Viciria albolimbata SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1885 — SumatraSumatraSumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538... - Viciria arrogans Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
- Viciria besanconi BerlandLucien BerlandLucien Berland was a French entomologist and an arachnologist- Partial list of publications :* 1925 : Faune de France...
& Millot, 1941 — GuineaGuineaGuinea , officially the Republic of Guinea , is a country in West Africa. Formerly known as French Guinea , it is today sometimes called Guinea-Conakry to distinguish it from its neighbour Guinea-Bissau. Guinea is divided into eight administrative regions and subdivided into thirty-three prefectures... - Viciria chabanaudi Fage, 1923 — West AfricaWest AfricaWest Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
- Viciria chrysophaea Simon, 1903 — Gabon
- Viciria concolor Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Viciria detrita StrandEmbrik StrandEmbrik Strand was an arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula....
, 1922 — Sumatra - Viciria diademata Simon, 1902 — IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- Viciria diatreta Simon, 1902 — India
- Viciria epileuca Simon, 1903 — Gabon
- Viciria equestris Simon, 1903 — Gabon
- Viciria equestris pallida Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
- Viciria flavipes Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
- Viciria flavolimbata Simon, 1910 — Guinea-BissauGuinea-BissauThe Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Senegal to the north, and Guinea to the south and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to its west....
- Viciria fuscimana Simon, 1903 — West Africa
- Viciria longiuscula Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
- Viciria lucida Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Viciria minima Reimoser, 1934 — India
- Viciria miranda Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Viciria moesta Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Viciria mondoni Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
- Viciria monodi Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
- Viciria niveimana Simon, 1902 — West Africa
- Viciria ocellata (Thorell, 1899) — West Africa, BiokoBiokoBioko is an island 32 km off the west coast of Africa, specifically Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea with a population of 124,000 and an area of . It is volcanic with its highest peak the Pico Basile at .-Geography:Bioko has a total area of...
- Viciria pallens Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
- Viciria paludosa Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Viciria pavesii Thorell, 1877 — SulawesiSulawesiSulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
- Viciria peckhamorum Lessert, 1927 — Guinea, Congo
- Viciria petulans Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
- Viciria polysticta Simon, 1902 — Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
- Viciria praemandibularis (Hasselt, 1893) — Singapore to Sulawesi
- Viciria prenanti Berland & Millot, 1941 — Ivory Coast
- Viciria rhinoceros Hasselt, 1894 — Sulawesi
- Viciria scintillans Simon, 1910 — West Africa
- Viciria semicoccinea Simon, 1902 — Java
- Viciria tergina Simon, 1903 — Equatorial GuineaEquatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...
- Viciria thoracica Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon
External links
- Salticidae.org: Photograph of Viciria sp.
- Photograph of V. praemandibularis with eggs