Tags: Arachnid.
Phausina is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). All species except one which is endemic to Java occur only on Sri Lanka.The Javanese species P. leucopogon is 5 mm long in males. It has a black carapace with red hairs surrounding a broad band of yellow hairs on the head and reddish hairs surrounding a narrow median stripe of whitish hairs on the thorax. On the sides there is a wavy whitish stripe.