Central Coast SpidersSpider Index Arachnura higginsi (Scorpion-tailed Spider) Arkys Index Celaenia Deinopis subrufa (Net-casting Spider) Dolophones turrigera (Turreted Wrap-around Spider) Maratus volans (Peacock Spider) Ordgarius magnificus (Magnificent Spider) Servaea villosa (Shaggy-velvet Servaea) Tetragnatha nitens (Shining Long-jawed Spider) Triangular Spiders
Servaea villosa (common name Shaggy-velvet Servaea) is a medium-sized jumping spider that has a variety of patterns and colours. They are active during daylight on foliage. Their legs are rather banded in appearance, with light and dark rings, and have a high cephalothorax, that appears flat-topped when viewed from the side.
The name “villosa” means velvety, “villosus” means shaggy.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Salticidae
- Genus: Servaea
- Species: Servaea villosa
Footnote & References
- Photographs © Michael Doe
- Servaea villosa (Keyserling, 1881), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Servaea villosa
- Servaea villosa (Keyserling, 1881) Shaggy-velvet Servaea, Arachne.org.au, https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2242
Central Coast SpidersSpider Index Arachnura higginsi (Scorpion-tailed Spider) Arkys Index Celaenia Deinopis subrufa (Net-casting Spider) Dolophones turrigera (Turreted Wrap-around Spider) Maratus volans (Peacock Spider) Ordgarius magnificus (Magnificent Spider) Servaea villosa (Shaggy-velvet Servaea) Tetragnatha nitens (Shining Long-jawed Spider) Triangular Spiders
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