Canama Explained

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

This genus is very similar to Bathippus.^[1]

Description

Females are up to 8frac=3NaNfrac=3 long, males up to 10frac=8NaNfrac=8. 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

References

• (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
• (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.

Notes and References

1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 283