Caribattus

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Caribattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Tribe: Saitini
Genus: Caribattus
Bryant, 1950
Species: C. inutilis
Diversity
1 species
Binomial name
Caribattus inutilis
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)
Synonyms

Saitis inutilis

Caribattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with the single described species C. inutilis. It occurs on Jamaica.

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The genus name is combined from Caribbean and the common ending for salticid genera -attus. The species name inutilis is Latin for "useless".

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