Euryattus

Euryattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Genus: Euryattus
Thorell, 1881
Type species
Euryattus porcellus
Thorell, 1881
Species

see text

Diversity
8 species

Euryattus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Like Holcolaetis and Thiania bhamoensis, these spiders build a flat, densely woven egg sac that is not contiguous with the silk of the nest. Euryattus posits the egg sac in rolled up leaves, similar to T. bhamoensis, which is in the same subfamily and stitches two leaves together.[1]

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Name

The genus name is a compound of Ancient Greek eury "wide" and the common salticid ending -attus.

Species

References

  1. ^ Li, D., Yik, S.H. & Seah, W.K. (2002). Rivet-like nest-building and agonistic behaviour of Thiania bhamoensis, an iridescent jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. 50(1):143-151. PDF

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