| Nosferattus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Sitticinae |
| Genus: | Nosferattus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Nosferattus discus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005 |
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
Nosferattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). All described species are found in Brazil.
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The genus name is combined from Nosferatu and the ending -attus, which is common for salticid genera (as in Antillattus, Attidops, Attulus, Burmattus, Caribattus, Chinattus and so on).
This genus is probably related to Aillutticus, with which they share a high, broad carapace, rounded laterally behind the posterior lateral eyes, and the cephalic region slightly convex.