Moruga (spider)

Short description: Genus of spiders

Moruga

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Mygalomorphae
Family:  | Barychelidae
Genus:  | Moruga
Raven, 1994[1]
Type species
M. thickthorni Raven, 1994

Species

8, see text

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. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific.". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 35: 291–706.

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