''Mburuvicha'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

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of Argentinian

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

containing the single species, ''Mburuvicha galianoae''. It was first described by C. L. Scioscia in 1993, and is only found in

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. The name is derived from the Guaraní word ''Mburuvicha'', meaning "chief". The species name honors arachnologist María Elena Galiano.

References

Endemic fauna of Argentina Monotypic Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of Argentina {{Jumping-spider-stub