# Telamonia

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***Telamonia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Tamerlan Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell) in 1887.[2] 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](/source/Opisthosoma) and long legs.[2]

## Species

As of August 2019 it contains thirty-nine species and two subspecies, found in the [rain forests](/source/Rain_forest)[3] of [Africa](/source/Africa) and [Asia](/source/Asia), including [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea):[1]

- *[Telamonia agapeta](/source/Telamonia_agapeta)* (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
- *[Telamonia annulipes](/source/Telamonia_annulipes)* Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – [Borneo](/source/Borneo)
- *[Telamonia bombycina](/source/Telamonia_bombycina)* ([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1902) – Borneo
- *[Telamonia borreyi](/source/Telamonia_borreyi)* [Berland](/source/Lucien_Berland) & Millot, 1941 – [Mali](/source/Mali) - *[Telamonia b. minor](/source/Telamonia_borreyi)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Mali
- *[Telamonia caprina](/source/Telamonia_caprina)* (Simon, 1903) – [China](/source/China), [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)
- *[Telamonia coeruleostriata](/source/Telamonia_coeruleostriata)* ([Doleschall](/source/Carl_Ludwig_Doleschall), 1859) – [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) (Ambon)
- *[Telamonia comosissima](/source/Telamonia_comosissima)* (Simon, 1886) – [Congo](/source/Central_Africa)
- *[Telamonia cristata](/source/Telamonia_cristata)* Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
- *[Telamonia dimidiata](/source/Telamonia_dimidiata)* (Simon, 1899) – [India](/source/India), [Bhutan](/source/Bhutan), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), Indonesia ([Sumatra](/source/Sumatra))
- *[Telamonia dissimilis](/source/Telamonia_dissimilis)* Próchniewicz, 1990 – Bhutan
- *[Telamonia elegans](/source/Telamonia_elegans)* (Thorell, 1887) – [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), Vietnam, Indonesia
- *[Telamonia festiva](/source/Telamonia_festiva)* Thorell, 1887 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Myanmar to Indonesia ([Java](/source/Java)) - *[Telamonia f. nigrina](/source/Telamonia_festiva)* (Simon, 1903) – Vietnam
- *[Telamonia formosa](/source/Telamonia_formosa)* (Simon, 1902) – Indonesia (Java)
- *[Telamonia hasselti](/source/Telamonia_hasselti)* (Thorell, 1878) – Myanmar to Indonesia ([Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi))
- *[Telamonia jolensis](/source/Telamonia_jolensis)* (Simon, 1902) – Philippines
- *[Telamonia laecta](/source/Telamonia_laecta)* Próchniewicz, 1990 – Bhutan
- *[Telamonia latruncula](/source/Telamonia_latruncula)* (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- *[Telamonia leopoldi](/source/Telamonia_leopoldi)* [Roewer](/source/Carl_Friedrich_Roewer), 1938 – New Guinea
- *[Telamonia livida](/source/Telamonia_livida)* ([Karsch](/source/Ferdinand_Karsch), 1880) – Philippines
- *[Telamonia luteocincta](/source/Telamonia_luteocincta)* (Thorell, 1891) – Malaysia
- *[Telamonia luxiensis](/source/Telamonia_luxiensis)* Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998 – China
- *[Telamonia mandibulata](/source/Telamonia_mandibulata)* [Hogg](/source/Henry_Roughton_Hogg), 1915 – New Guinea
- *[Telamonia masinloc](/source/Telamonia_masinloc)* Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- *[Telamonia mundula](/source/Telamonia_mundula)* (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi)
- *[Telamonia mustelina](/source/Telamonia_mustelina)* Simon, 1901 – China ([Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong))
- *[Telamonia parangfestiva](/source/Telamonia_parangfestiva)* Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
- *[Telamonia peckhami](/source/Telamonia_peckhami)* Thorell, 1891 – India (Nicobar Is.)
- *[Telamonia prima](/source/Telamonia_prima)* Próchniewicz, 1990 – Bhutan
- *[Telamonia resplendens](/source/Telamonia_resplendens)* Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
- *[Telamonia scalaris](/source/Telamonia_scalaris)* (Thorell, 1881) – Indonesia ([Moluccas](/source/Moluccas))
- *[Telamonia setosa](/source/Telamonia_setosa)* (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
- *[Telamonia shepardi](/source/Telamonia_shepardi)* Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
- *[Telamonia sponsa](/source/Telamonia_sponsa)* (Simon, 1902) – [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
- *[Telamonia trabifera](/source/Telamonia_trabifera)* (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
- *[Telamonia trinotata](/source/Telamonia_trinotata)* Simon, 1903 – [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea)
- *[Telamonia trochilus](/source/Telamonia_trochilus)* (Doleschall, 1859) – Indonesia (Java)
- *[Telamonia vidua](/source/Telamonia_vidua)* Hogg, 1915 – New Guinea
- *[Telamonia virgata](/source/Telamonia_virgata)* Simon, 1903 – [Gabon](/source/Gabon)
- *[Telamonia vlijmi](/source/Telamonia_vlijmi)* [Prószyński](/source/Jerzy_Pr%C3%B3szy%C5%84ski), 1984 – China, [Korea](/source/Korea), [Japan](/source/Japan)

## References

1. ["Gen. Telamonia Thorell, 1887"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3004). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-09-26.

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*. **25**: 5–417.

1. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). *An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia*. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.

## External links

- Salticidae.org: [Diagnostic drawings and photographs](http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/telamon/telamon.htm)

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