Natta (spider)

Natta
female N. chionogaster
female N. horizontalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Natta Karsch, 1879 [1]
Type species
N. horizontalis Karsch, 1879
Species
see text
Synonyms [1]
Cyllobelus Simon, 1885 [2]

Natta is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879. ^[3] The described species are found in Africa and Yemen. ^[1]

Species

• 
  male N. chionogaster
• 
  juvenile male N. horizontalis
• 
  juvenile male N. horizontalis

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes three species: ^[1]

• Natta chionogaster (Simon, 1901) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tropical Africa, Namibia, South Africa, Madagascar
• Natta horizontalis Karsch, 1879 – Africa, Yemen (type species)
• Natta triguttata Haddad & Wesołowska, 2024 – South Africa

References

1. "Gen. Natta Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-17.
2. Prószyński, J. (1985). "On Siler, Silerella, Cyllobelus and Natta (Araneae, Salticidae)". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 39: 77.
3. Karsch, F. (1879). "West-afrikanische Arachniden, gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 52: 329–373.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Natta at iNaturalist

• Photograph of N. horizontalis