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

Servaea murina
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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

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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

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

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 280

References

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  • 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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