Moruga (spider)

Moruga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Barychelidae
Genus:	Moruga Raven, 1994[1]
Type species
M. thickthorni Raven, 1994
Species
8, see text

Moruga is a genus of Australian brushed trapdoor spiders, found in the states of Queensland (QLD) or Western Australia (WA), that was first described by arachnologist Robert Raven in 1994.[2]

Species

As of April 2019^[update] the genus contained eight species:[1]

• Moruga doddi Raven, 1994 — QLD
• Moruga fuliginea (Thorell, 1881) — QLD
• Moruga heatherae Raven, 1994 — QLD
• Moruga insularis Raven, 1994 — QLD
• Moruga kimberleyi Raven, 1994 — WA
• Moruga thickthorni Raven, 1994 — QLD
• Moruga thorsborneorum Raven, 1994 — QLD
• Moruga wallaceae Raven, 1994 — QLD

References

1. "Gen. Moruga Raven, 1994". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
2. Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291–706.