Murricia Simon, 1882
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Genus Murricia Simon, 1882 View in CoL
Type species. Hersilia indica Lucas, 1836 , from India, Cote de Malabar .
Diagnosis. Small spiders, metatarsus of leg I, II, and IV biarticulate. Males with a long embolus, completing one circle, positioned apically on the bulb. Female copulatory opening conspicuous, copulatory ducts long and slender, and the presence of one pair of tube-like, elongate, complexly coiled spermathecae. The abdomen is typically subtriangular to subquadrate.
Remarks. Before the work, the genus Murricia includes six species. Here, the seventh species is reported, M. caishen sp. nov., representing the first report of Murricia in China.
Lucas, H. 1836. Observations sur les Araneides du genre Hersilia et description de deux especes nouvelles appartenant a ce genre. Magasin de Zoologie, 6 (Cl. 8): 1 - 11.
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