Moruga (spider)
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chelicerata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arachnida |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Araneae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Mygalomorphae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Barychelidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Moruga Raven, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. thickthorni Raven, 1994 | |
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Moruga is a genus of Australia n brushed trapdoor spiders, found in the states of Queensland (QLD) or Western Australia (WA), that was first described by arachnologist Robert Raven in 1994.[2]
Species
As of April 2019[update] the genus contained eight species:[1]
- Moruga doddi Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga fuliginea (Thorell, 1881) — QLD
- Moruga heatherae Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga insularis Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga kimberleyi Raven, 1994 — WA
- Moruga thickthorni Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga thorsborneorum Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga wallaceae Raven, 1994 — QLD
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Moruga Raven, 1994". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/454. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- ↑ Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific.". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 291–706.
Wikidata ☰ Q13420324 entry
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