Muziris (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Muziris"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Euophryini
genus = "Muziris"
genus_authority = Simon, 1901
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Muziris
diversity = 7 species
type_species = "Marptusa doleschallii"
type_species_authority = Thorell, 1878
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Muziris" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its seven described species are spread over several island groups in the Pacific Ocean, with one species found in Australia.

Name

Muziris is a lost city in India.

pecies

* "Muziris calvipalpis" (L. Koch, 1867) (Samoa)
* "Muziris carinatus" Simon, 1909 (Western Australia)
* "Muziris doleschalli" (Thorell, 1878) (Amboina)
* "Muziris epigynatus" Strand, 1911 (Aru Islands)
* "Muziris gracilipalpis" Strand, 1911 (Aru Islands)
* "Muziris leptochirus" (Thorell, 1881) (New Guinea)
* "Muziris wiehlei" Berland, 1938 (New Hebrides)

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/muziris/calvipal.htm Diagnostic drawings of "M. calvipalpis"]