| Murphyarachne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Murphyarachne Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 |
| Species: | M. ymasumacae
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| Binomial name | |
| Murphyarachne ymasumacae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022
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Murphyarachne is a monotypic genus of Peruvian tarantulas, with one species, Murphyarachne ymasumacae. It was first described by Sherwood and Gabriel in 2022.[1] The genus is named after Frances Mary Murphy (1926 to 1995) and John Alan Murphy (1922 to 2021) for their contributions to arachnology, and the Greek term "arachne", which is the word for spider.[2]
- ^ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
- ^ Sherwood, Daniella; Gabriel, Ray (2022). "A new species and two new genera of theraphosinefrom Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ResearchGate. Retrieved July 17, 2022.