Gambaquezonia is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with two species. It was first described in some detail by Barrion & Litsinger (1995) from the female holotype, the only known specimen at the time. Its general appearance was later redescribed by Murphy and Murphy (2000).Edwards, G.B. (2009) 'Males of Gambaquezonia itimana (Araneae, Salticidae), with Notes on Females', Journal of Anachronology
Species
G. itimana is a long green jumping spider, similar and probably related to Orthrus and Asemonea. The female is 6 mm long. The carapace is pale yellow, with a black band surrounding the eyes and reaching to the rear margin. The yellow abdomen features some longitudinal grey stripes and a wide black band, followed by two lateral black spots. The legs are yellow, with dark stripes on some segments. It was described from a single collected femaleMurphy & Murphy 2000: 292f found in rice fields of Luzon Island on the Philippines.
The female has several unusual morphological features, including a large number of ventral macrosetae on legs I and II, prominent sparse rows of elongate setae on the dorsum, a multi-cusped retromarginal tooth, and an epigynum, superficially this looks like a euophryine, but is quite different structurally.
The other species, G. curioi, was documented by Freudenschuss, Grabolle & Krehenwinkel in 2016, found in the Philippines.
Footnotes
References (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings