Mburuvicha

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Mburuvicha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Tribe: Dendryphantini
Genus: Mburuvicha
Scioscia, 1993
Species: M. galianoae
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Mburuvicha galianoae
Scioscia, 1993

Mburuvicha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species M. galianoae is found in Argentina.

[edit] Name

mburuvicha means "chief" in GuaranĂ­. The species name honors arachnologist Galiano.

[edit] References

  • Scioscia, C.L. (1993): Description of Mburuvicha galianoae, new genus and species (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. British Arachnol. Soc. 9(4): 123-125.
  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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