Servaea murina

Servaea murina is the only species of the jumping spider genus Servaea found outside of Australia. It is endemic to Java.

Servaea murina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Servaea
Species:
S. murina
Binomial name
Servaea murina
Simon, 1902

Description

The species is described from the female only, which is about 8 mm long. The carapace is longish and mainly black, with a silky yellow pubescence and some long black hairs. The flattish broad oval abdomen is brownish with variable dark marks and a silky yellow pubescence. The first pair of legs is dark brown, the others are yellow with dark rings. All show the same yellow pubescence and long hairs.[1]

Name

The species name murina is derived from Latin mus "mouse".

Footnotes

  1. Murphy & Murphy 2000: 280

References

  • Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.


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