Canama is a genus of spiders in the jumping spider family, Salticidae. Its five described species occur from Borneo to Queensland.
This genus is very similar to Bathippus.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 283
Description Females are up to long, males up to . The longish abdomen is clothed in white hairs with red streaks and bands. Males have very large, long chelicerae which diverge and project forwards. The long, spiny legs are dark with pale tarsi and metatarsi.
Species Canama dorcas (Thorell, 1881) – Moluccas Canama forceps (Doleschall, 1859) – New Guinea Canama hinnulea (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland Canama inquirenda Strand, 1911 – Kei Islands Canama lacerans (Thorell, 1881) – Malaysia Canama rutila Peckham & Peckham, 1907 – Borneo
Footnotes
References (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.