| Muruta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pholcidae |
| Genus: | Muruta Huber, 2018 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Pholcus tambunan (Huber, 2016) | |
| Species | |
| |
Muruta is a small genus of southeast Asian cellar spiders named after the Murut people. [2] It was erected in 2018 for two species transferred from Pholcus after a molecular phylogenetic study of Pholcidae. [1] They are average size for cellar spiders with relatively long legs, the first legs averaging 35 to 40 millimetres (1.4 to 1.6 in) long. [2] Males can be distinguished from other species by hairless, flat sclerites on their chelicerae, and females can be distinguished by three-layered telescopic tubes in their genital structure. [3] [2] As of April 2022 [update] it contains only two species, both native to northern Borneo: M. bario and M. tambunan . [1]
