Muziris (spider)
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{For|the ancient harbour on the Malabar Coast|Muziris}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Muziris
| authority = Simon, 1901
| type_species = M. doleschalli
| type_species_authority = (Thorell, 1878)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 7, see text
}}
Muziris is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1901| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Roret | publication-place=Paris| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973| author-link=Eugène Simon}} The name is derived from Muziris, a lost city in India (presumed to be present day Kodungallur).
Species
{{as of|2019|07}} it contains seven species spread over several island groups in the Pacific Ocean, with one species found in Australia. They are found in Indonesia, on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Muziris Simon, 1901| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-08-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2802| doi=10.24436/2}}
- Muziris calvipalpis (L. Koch, 1867) – Samoa
- Muziris carinatus Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
- Muziris doleschalli (Thorell, 1878) (type) – Indonesia (Ambon)
- Muziris epigynatus Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
- Muziris gracilipalpis Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
- Muziris leptochirus (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
- Muziris wiehlei Berland, 1938 – Vanuatu
References
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External links
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/muziris/calvipal.htm Diagnostic drawings of M. calvipalpis]
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