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Description:

a small spider with scorpion like claws

1 Species ID Suggestions

Jumping spider
Bavia kairali Bavia kairali | Spiders of India


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12 Comments

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

It is a Bavia kairali.
Species ID thanks to Sumukha Javagal.

RobinBabu
RobinBabu 12 years ago

Thanks a tonne raiyan.your information gave me a great insight into both understanding a species and also in identifying it. and to top it all you guys showed the way. thanks again for all the help you guys have showered on me

Raiyan Ahmed
Raiyan Ahmed 12 years ago

Very nice catch indeed!! I must admit I haven't seen this sp. here in Bangladesh. The body structure is identical to some species from the genus Chrysilla and also Bavia.. I'll certainly look for refs. to get a better idea.. But I very much agree with Chun.. With very limited resources available on the web and very few works done in this sub-continent it would be hard to find an exact match..

RobinBabu
RobinBabu 12 years ago

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RobinBabu
RobinBabu 12 years ago

Thanks a lot for the guidance people hope i will be of some help to you guys as well

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

What an exciting find!

interesting fella ... jumping spider, but you could ask raiyan ahmed - http://www.projectnoah.org/users/Raiyan+... - he is keen on jumping spiders, has a great collection, has also many sp. not yet identified or maybe unknown species.
and welcome to project noah, hope to see more of your work :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

You are certainly right there CXW. In Australia it is estimated 20,000 species and only 2,800 are identified.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

I'm not sure about that because there is no reliable reference so far.
Wikipedia didn't mentioned any Bavia species in India.
It is possible because I believe that scientists have not yet discovered and recorded all the species of spiders in the world.

RobinBabu
RobinBabu 12 years ago

Hey Chun thanks a lot man, by the way are u sure that this might be a new and undiscovered species

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Welcome to Project Noah.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Bavia genus, that is the best I can help you with.
It may be a new species.

RobinBabu
Spotted by
RobinBabu

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Nov 27, 2011
Submitted on Nov 27, 2011

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