Muritaia

Short description: Genus of spiders

Muritaia

Muritaia longispinata
Scientific classification
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

Species

5, see text

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Muritaia Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/98. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
2. ↑ 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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