Bavia sexpunctata

Bavia sexpunctata
female from Okinawa
male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Bavia
Species:
B. sexpunctata
Binomial name
Bavia sexpunctata
(Doleschall, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Salticus sexpunctatus Doleschall, 1859
  • Marptusa sexpunctata (Thorell, 1878)
  • Acompse dulcinervis L. Koch, 1879

Bavia sexpunctata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Bavia. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Doleschall in 1859 as Salticus sexpunctatus. The species has a wide distribution across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, ranging from Malaysia and Indonesia to Japan and Australia.