''Muziris'' is a
genus of
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 ...
that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Muziris
Muziris ( grc, Μουζιρίς, Old Malayalam: ''Muciri'' or ''Muciripattanam'' possibly identical with the medieval ''Muyirikode'') was an ancient harbour and an urban centre on the Malabar Coast. Muziris found mention in the ''Periplus of ...
, a lost city in
India (presumed to be present day
Kodungallur).
Species
it contains seven species spread over several island groups in the
Pacific Ocean, with one species found in
Australia
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. They are found in
Indonesia, on
Vanuatu, in
Papua New Guinea,
Australia
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, and
Samoa:
*''
Muziris calvipalpis''
( L. Koch, 1867) –
Samoa
*''
Muziris carinatus''
Simon, 1909 –
Australia
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(Western
Australia
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)
*''
Muziris doleschalli''
(Thorell, 1878) (
type
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) –
Indonesia (Ambon)
*''
Muziris epigynatus''
Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
*''
Muziris gracilipalpis''
Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.)
*''
Muziris leptochirus''
(Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
*''
Muziris wiehlei''
Berland, 1938 –
Vanuatu
References
External links
Diagnostic drawings of ''M. calvipalpis''
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Australia
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