Mburuvicha
| Mburuvicha | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Mburuvicha Scioscia, 1993 |
| Species: | M. galianoae |
| Binomial name | |
| Mburuvicha galianoae Scioscia, 1993 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Mburuvicha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its single described species M. galianoae is found in Argentina.
Name
Mburuvicha means "chief" in Guaraní. The species name honors arachnologist María Elena Galiano.
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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