Viciria is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.[3]

Viciria
Male V. praemandibularis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

21, see text

Synonyms[1]

Description

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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

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Like Telamonia, Viciria is found in Africa and Asia.

Species

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As of October 2022 it contains twenty-one species:[1]

Transitions

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Following species were transferred to other genera.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Viciria Thorell, 1877". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Prószyński, J. (1984). "Remarks on Viciria and Telamonia (Araneae, Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 37: 420.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 301
  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
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