Servaea murina
| Servaea murina | |
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Servaea murina 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[edit]
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[edit]
The species name murina is derived from Latin mus "mouse".
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 280
References[edit]
- 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.
External links[edit]
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