Species Servaea incana (Karsch, 1878)
- Plexippus incanus Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [25].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 1735 ♀ (Daemel), NSW. - Scaea vestita Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1142, pl. 94, figs 4, 5].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMHB MG3491A ♀, Sydney.
Paralectotype(s) ZMHB MG3491 BJR 1209 2 ♀, Sydney. - Plexippus validus Urquhart, A.T. 1893. On new species of Tasmanian Araneae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1892: 94-130 [127].
Type data:
Syntype(s) 2♂ 3♀ (in Mr A. Morton's 2nd collection), Tasmania. - Cytaea morrisoni Dunn, R.A. 1951. Spiders of the Russell Grimwade Expedition. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 9-18 [16, figs 8, 9].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♂, Ravensthorpe-Ongerup, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Richardson, B.J. & Gunter, N.L. 2012. Revision of Australian jumping spider genus Servaea Simon 1887 (Aranaea: Salticidae) including use of DNA sequence data and predicted distributions. Zootaxa 3350: 1-33
- Proszynski, J. 2017. Pragmatic classification of the world Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologia Montenegrina 12: 1-133 (Suggests that S. incana and S. vestita are different species)
- Richardson, B.J. 2022. Additions to the euophryine jumping spider fauna (Araneae: Salticidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 5141(3): 249-269 [266-268 figs 68-71] (Addition of Cytaea morrison and further consideration of the synominising of S. incana and S. vestita)
Generic Combinations
- Servaea incana (Karsch, 1878). —
Żabka, M. 1991. Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110 [52]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.
General References
McGinley, R.H., Mendez, V. & Taylor, P.W. 2015. Natural history and display behaviour of Servaea incana, a common and widespread Australian jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 63: 300-319
McGinley, R.H., Prenter, J. & Taylor, P.W. 2013. Whole-organism performance in a jumping spider, Servaea incana (Araneae: Salticidae): links with morphology and between performance traits. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 644-657
McGinley, R.H., Prenter, J. & Taylor, P.W. 2015. Assessment strategies and decision making in male-male contests of
Mendez, V., McGinley, R.H. & Taylor, P.W. 2017. Mating-induced sexual inhibition in the jumping spider Servaea incana (Araneae: Salticidae): A fast-acting and long-lasting effect. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 12: e0184940
Mendez, V., McGinley, R.H. & Taylor, P.W. 2018. Seasonal variation in sexual opportunities of Servaea incana jumping spiders. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 30: 26-38
Peckmezian, T. & Taylor, P. 2017. Place avoidance learning and memory in a jumping spider. Animal Cognition 20: 275--284
Peckmezian, T. & Taylor, P.W. 2015. Electric shock for aversion training of jumping spiders: Towards an arachnid model of avoidance learning. Behavioural Processes 113: 99-104
Peckmezian, T & Taylor, P.W. 2015. A virtual reality paradigm for the study of visually mediated behaviour and cognition in spiders. Animal Behaviour 107: 87-95
Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, W.P. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, divergence times and biogeography of spiders of the subfamily Euophryinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 81-92
Zhang, Junxia & Maddison, W.P. 2015. Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny. Zootaxa 3938: 1-147
Zurek, D. B., Taylor, A.J., Evans, C.S. & Nelon, X.J. 2010. The role of the anterior lateral eyes i the vision-based behaviour of jumping spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 2372-2378
Zurek, D.B. & Nelson, X.J. 2012. Hyperacute motion detected by the lateral eyes of jumping spiders. Vision Research 66: 26-30
Zurek, D.B. & Nelson, X.J. 2012. Saccadic tracking of targets mediated by the anterior-lateral eyes of jumping spiders. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 198: 411-417
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 07-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 30-Sep-2019 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 07-Aug-2019 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 05-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 19-May-2015 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 27-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 26-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 18-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |