Viciria Explained

Viciria is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

Like Telamonia, Viciria is found in Africa and Asia.

Species

it contains twenty-one species:^[3]

• Viciria albolimbata Simon, 1885 — Sumatra
• Viciria arrogans Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria chrysophaea Simon, 1903 — Gabon
• Viciria concolor Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria detrita Strand, 1922 — Sumatra
• Viciria diademata Simon, 1902 — India
• Viciria epileuca Simon, 1903 — Gabon
• Viciria flavipes Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
• Viciria flavolimbata Simon, 1910 — Guinea-Bissau
• Viciria lucida Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria minima Reimoser, 1934 — India
• Viciria miranda Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria moesta Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria pallens Thorell, 1877 — Sulawesi
• Viciria paludosa Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria pavesii Thorell, 1877 — Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
• Viciria petulans Peckham & Peckham, 1907 — Borneo
• Viciria polysticta Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
• Viciria rhinoceros Hasselt, 1894 — Sulawesi
• Viciria scintillans Simon, 1910 — West Africa
• Viciria semicoccinea Simon, 1902 — Java

Transitions

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

1. 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. 341–637. 10. Tamerlan Thorell.
2. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 301
3. Web site: Gen. Viciria Thorell, 1877 . 17 October 2022 . World Spider Catalog . Natural History Museum Bern.

• (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

External links

• Salticidae.org: Photograph of Viciria sp.
• Photograph of V. praemandibularis with eggs