Muritaia

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Muritaia
Muritaia longispinata Forster and Wilton, 1973 (AM AMNZ5061-1).jpg
Muritaia longispinata
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Muritaia Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 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.