Antillattus

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Antillattus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Antillattus
Bryant, 1943 [1]
Type species
A. gracilis
Bryant, 1943
Species

13, see text

Antillattus is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1943. [2] The name is a combination of "Antilles" and the common ending for salticid genera -attus.

Species

As of June 2019 it contains thirteen species, found only in Cuba and on the Greater Antilles: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Antillattus Bryant, 1943". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Bryant, E. B. (1943). "The salticid spiders of Hispaniola". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 92: 445–529.