Mburuvicha

Mburuvicha
Mburuvicha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Mburuvicha
Scioscia, 1993
Species: M. galianoae
Binomial name
Mburuvicha galianoae
Scioscia, 1993
Diversity
1 species

Mburuvicha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species M. galianoae is found in Argentina.

Name

mburuvicha means "chief" in Guaraní. The species name honors arachnologist Galiano.

References

  • Scioscia, C.L. (1993): Description of Mburuvicha galianoae, new genus and species (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. British Arachnol. Soc. 9(4): 123-125.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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