Viciria is a spider 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 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.

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.

Distribution

Like Telamonia, Viciria is found in Africa and Asia.

Species

• Viciria alba Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — Southern Africa
• Viciria albocincta Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon, Gabon
• Viciria albolimbata Simon, 1885 — Sumatra
• Viciria arrogans Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria besanconi Berland & Millot, 1941 — Guinea
• Viciria chabanaudi Fage, 1923 — West Africa
• Viciria chrysophaea Simon, 1903 — Gabon
• Viciria concolor Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria detrita Strand, 1922 — Sumatra
• Viciria diademata Simon, 1902 — India
• 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 Africa
• Viciria flavolimbata Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
• 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 morigera Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
• Viciria mustela Simon, 1902 — East, Southern Africa
• Viciria niveimana Simon, 1902 — West Africa
• Viciria ocellata (Thorell, 1899) — West Africa, Bioko
• Viciria paludosa Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria pavesii Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
• Viciria peckhamorum Lessert, 1927 — Guinea, Congo
• Viciria petulans Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria polysticta Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
• 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 Guinea
• Viciria thoracica Thorell, 1899 — Cameroon

References

• (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links

• Salticidae.org: Photograph of Viciria sp.