Mburuvicha is a monotypic genus of Argentinian jumping spiders containing the single species, Mburuvicha galianoae. It was first described by C. L. Scioscia in 1993,[2] and is only found in Argentina.[1] The name is derived from the Guaraní word Mburuvicha, meaning "chief". The species name honors arachnologist María Elena Galiano.[2]

Mburuvicha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Mburuvicha
Scioscia, 1993[1]
Species:
M. galianoae
Binomial name
Mburuvicha galianoae
Scioscia, 1993

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Mburuvicha Scioscia, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  2. ^ a b Scioscia, C. L. (1993). "Description of Mburuvicha galianoae, new genus and species (Araneae, Salticidae)". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 9: 123–125.