Thiania bhamoensis

Thiania bhamoensis

''Thiania bhamoensis'' is a species of jumping spider.
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Appearance

The species is iridescent green-blue. Females are more green, males more blue.
From the front view, the female's face are black. And the males are white.

''Nicylla sundevalli'', which also occurs in Burma, is said to be very close to this species.
Playing hide-and-seek This small Jumping Spider was out hunting and under the leaf was a tiny insect that it was hunting.

During my childhood, we used to collect the males of this Jumping Spider - Thiania bhamoensis to keep as 'pets' and use them for fighting.  Only the males will fight, so we challenge friends who also keeps this Jumping Spider to fighting matches and usually the fights last a a few seconds only.  On rare occasions will the fights last more than 30 seconds.

Interestingly, sometimes the losing male Spiders can be 'rejuvenated' to fight 'harder' if they were presented with a female Jumping Spider and attempts to mate with her but 'separated' from her before they mated.  Immediately after this, the same losing male will be put to fight with the other male Spider who won earlier, and there is a chance this rejuvenated male Spider might win the new round! 

Top view of the same Spider :

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Naming

The species name of this spider literally means "From Bhamo", referring to Bhamo, a city in northern Burma.
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Distribution

This species occurs from Burma to Sumatra.
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Behavior

These spiders build a silken retreat by binding a pair of green leaves together, where they rest, moult and lay their eggs, which is unusual for a jumping spider. Making a single rivet to attach the leaves takes about half an hour. About four to ten rivets are arranged in a roughly elliptical manner. These nests are built by both sexes and juveniles. Although ''T. bhamoensis'' can be found on many kinds of plants, it most often chooses ''Crinum asiaticum'' .

The white elliptical egg sacs are about two to three times the size of the spider and are attached inside the nest.

Twelve different displays were identified during fights between males, including pushing, possibly to assess the weight of the other male.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilySalticidae
GenusThiania
SpeciesT. bhamoensis