Servaea murina

Taxobox
name = "Servaea murina"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Servaeini
genus = "Servaea"
species = "S. murina"
binomial = "Servaea murina"
binomial_authority = Simon, 1902
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"Servaea murina" is the only species of the jumping spider genus "Servaea" found outside of Australia. It is endemic to Java.

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 pellow 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. [Murphy & Murphy 2000: 280]

Name

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

Footnotes

References

* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".

External links

* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/servaea/servaea.htm Description of "S. murina"]