Caribattus
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Caribattus inutilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) |
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Saitis inutilis |
Caribattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with the single described species C. inutilis. It occurs on Jamaica.
[edit] Name
The genus name is combined from Caribbean and the common ending for salticid genera -attus. The species name inutilis is Latin for "useless".
[edit] References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.