Servaea murina
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| Servaea murina Simon, 1902 |
Servaea murina is the only species of the jumping spider genus Servaea found outside of Australia. It is endemic to Java.
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[edit] 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 yelllow pubescence and long hairs.[1]
[edit] Name
The species name murina is derived from Latin mus "mouse".
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 280
[edit] 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.
