Muziris (spider)

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

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

7, see text

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