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| Viciria | |
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| Male V. praemandibularis | |
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| V. pavesii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Viciria Thorell, 1877[1] |
| Type species | |
| V. pavesii Thorell, 1877 | |
| Species | |
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21, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Viciria is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.[3]
Description
[edit]Both sexes reach a length of about 7 to 12 mm. Viciria is a colorful genus similar to Telamonia. 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.[4]
Distribution
[edit]Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 21 species:[1]
- Viciria albolimbata Simon, 1885 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Viciria arrogans G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria chrysophaea Simon, 1903 – Gabon
- Viciria concolor G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria detrita Strand, 1922 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Viciria diademata Simon, 1902 – India
- Viciria epileuca Simon, 1903 – Gabon
- Viciria flavipes G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa
- Viciria flavolimbata Simon, 1909 – Guinea-Bissau
- Viciria lucida G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria minima Reimoser, 1934 – India
- Viciria miranda G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria moesta G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria pallens Thorell, 1877 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Viciria paludosa G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria pavesii Thorell, 1877 – Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (type species)
- Viciria petulans G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1907 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Viciria polysticta Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
- Viciria rhinoceros van Hasselt, 1894 – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- Viciria scintillans Simon, 1909 – West Africa
- Viciria semicoccinea Simon, 1902 – Indonesia (Java)
Transitions
[edit]Following species were transferred to other genera.
- Viciria alba - to Evarcha
- Viciria albocincta - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria alboguttata - to Epeus
- Viciria besanconi - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria bombycina - to Telamonia
- Viciria caprina - to Telamonia
- Viciria chabanaudi - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria diatreta - to Proszynskia
- Viciria dimidiata - to Telamonia
- Viciria elegans - to Telamonia
- Viciria equestris - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria flavobilineata - to Epeus
- Viciria flavocincta - to Evarcha
- Viciria formosa - to Telamonia
- Viciria fuscimana - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria hasselti - to Telamonia
- Viciria jeanneli - to Malloneta
- Viciria lawrencei - to Hyllus
- Viciria longiuscula - to Hyllus
- Viciria lupula - to Thyene
- Viciria mondoni - to Malloneta
- Viciria monodi - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria morigera - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria mustela - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria niveimana - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria ocellata - to Thyene
- Viciria parmata - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria peckhamorum - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria prenanti - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria signata - to Telamonia
- Viciria sponsa - to Telamonia
- Viciria tener - to Epeus
- Viciria terebrifera - to Telamonia
- Viciria tergina - to Vicirionessa
- Viciria thoracica - to Hyllus
- Viciria viciriaeformis - to Thyene
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Viciria Thorell, 1877". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- 1 2 Prószyński, J. (1984). "Remarks on Viciria and Telamonia (Araneae, Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 37: 420.
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1877). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 10: 341–637.
- ↑ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 301
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
External links
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- Salticidae.org: Photograph of Viciria sp.
- Photograph of V. praemandibularis with eggs