Muruta

Muruta is a genus of Malaysian cellar spiders first described by B. A. Huber, J. Eberle & D. Dimitrov in 2018.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species.[1]

Muruta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Muruta
Huber, 2018[1]
Type species
M. tambunan (Huber, 2016)
Species
  • M. bario (Huber, 2016) — Malaysia (Borneo)
  • M. tambunan (Huber, 2016) — Malaysia (Borneo)

References
  1. "Gen. Muruta Huber, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. Huber, B. A.; Eberle, J.; Dimitrov, D. (2018). "The phylogeny of pholcid spiders: a critical evaluation of relationships suggested by molecular data (Araneae, Pholcidae)". ZooKeys. 789: 51–101. doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.22781.


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