Beatitas

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Beatitas
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Phrurolithidae
Genus: Beatitas
Mu & Zhang, 2023 [1]
Species:
B. octomaculatus
Binomial name
Beatitas octomaculatus
Mu & Zhang, 2023 [2]

Beatitas is a monotypic genus of spiders in the family Phrurolithidae containing the single species, Beatitas octomaculatus. [2]

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Distribution

Beatitas octomaculatus has only been recorded from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. [2]

Etymology

The genus name is Latin "beatitas" ("happiness"), »referring to the beautiful appearance of spiders of this genus, which elicits positive feelings«. The species name means "eight-spotted" in Latin, for the eight light spots on the abdomen. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Mu, Y.; Zhang, F. (2023). "Further additions to the guardstone spider fauna from China (Araneae: Phrurolithidae)". Zootaxa. 5338: 1–104. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5338.1.1.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Beatitas Mu & Zhang, 2023". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-20.


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