Moruga (spider)

Moruga is a genus of Australian brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Robert J. Raven in 1994.[2]

Moruga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Moruga
Raven, 1994[1]
Type species
M. thickthorni Raven, 1994
Species

8, see text

Species

As of April 2019 it contains eight species:[1]

  • Moruga doddi Raven, 1994 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Moruga fuliginea (Thorell, 1881) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Moruga heatherae Raven, 1994 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Moruga insularis Raven, 1994 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Moruga kimberleyi Raven, 1994 — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Moruga thickthorni Raven, 1994 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Moruga thorsborneorum Raven, 1994 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Moruga wallaceae Raven, 1994 — Australia (Queensland)
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References

  1. "Gen. Moruga Raven, 1994". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  2. Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291–706.


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