Muritaia
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Muritaia | |
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| Muritaia longispinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Muritaia Forster & Wilton, 1973[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. suba Forster & Wilton, 1973
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Muritaia is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2]
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- Muritaia kaituna Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Muritaia longispinata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Muritaia orientalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Muritaia parabusa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
- Muritaia suba Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Muritaia Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/98. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ↑ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV.". Otago Museum Bulletin 4: 1–309.
Wikidata ☰ Q741233 entry
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