Muziris (spider)

For the ancient harbour on the Malabar Coast, see Muziris.

Muziris is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[2] The name is derived from Muziris, a lost city in India (presumed to be present day Kodungallur).

Muziris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Muziris Simon, 1901[1]
Type species
M. doleschalli (Thorell, 1878)
Species
7, see text

Species

As of July 2019^[update] it contains seven species spread over several island groups in the Pacific Ocean, with one species found in Australia. They are found in Indonesia, on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa:^[1]

• Muziris calvipalpis (L. Koch, 1867) – Samoa
• Muziris carinatus Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Muziris doleschalli (Thorell, 1878) (type) – 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