Telamonia Explained

Telamonia is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.^[1] They are colorful spiders, with patterns that vary considerably between sexes and species. Two longitudinal stripes along the abdomen are common, and the carapace is often colored. They have a slender opisthosoma and long legs.

Species

it contains thirty-nine species and two subspecies, found in the rain forests^[2] of Africa and Asia, including Papua New Guinea:^[3]

• Telamonia agapeta (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
• Telamonia annulipes Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
• Telamonia bombycina (Simon, 1902) – Borneo
• Telamonia borreyi Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
  • Telamonia b. minor Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
• Telamonia caprina (Simon, 1903) – China, Vietnam
• Telamonia coeruleostriata (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Ambon)
• Telamonia comosissima (Simon, 1886) – Congo
• Telamonia cristata Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Philippines
• Telamonia dimidiata (Simon, 1899) – India, Bhutan, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Telamonia dissimilis Próchniewicz, 1990 – Bhutan
• Telamonia elegans (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia
• Telamonia festiva Thorell, 1887 (type) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Java)
  • Telamonia f. nigrina (Simon, 1903) – Vietnam
• Telamonia formosa (Simon, 1902) – Indonesia (Java)
• Telamonia hasselti (Thorell, 1878) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Telamonia jolensis (Simon, 1902) – Philippines
• Telamonia laecta Próchniewicz, 1990 – Bhutan
• Telamonia latruncula (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Telamonia leopoldi Roewer, 1938 – New Guinea
• Telamonia livida (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Telamonia luteocincta (Thorell, 1891) – Malaysia
• Telamonia luxiensis Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998 – China
• Telamonia mandibulata Hogg, 1915 – New Guinea
• Telamonia masinloc Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Telamonia mundula (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
• Telamonia mustelina Simon, 1901 – China (Hong Kong)
• Telamonia parangfestiva Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Telamonia peckhami Thorell, 1891 – India (Nicobar Is.)
• Telamonia prima Próchniewicz, 1990 – Bhutan
• Telamonia resplendens Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
• Telamonia scalaris (Thorell, 1881) – Indonesia (Moluccas)
• Telamonia setosa (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
• Telamonia shepardi Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
• Telamonia sponsa (Simon, 1902) – Sri Lanka
• Telamonia trabifera (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
• Telamonia trinotata Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea
• Telamonia trochilus (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Java)
• Telamonia vidua Hogg, 1915 – New Guinea
• Telamonia virgata Simon, 1903 – Gabon
• Telamonia vlijmi Prószyński, 1984 – China, Korea, Japan

External links

• Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1887. Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 5–417. 25. Tamerlan Thorell.
2. Book: Murphy. Frances. Murphy. John. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
3. Gen. Telamonia Thorell, 1887. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-26. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.