Caribattus
| Caribattus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Caribattus Bryant, 1950 |
| Species: | C. inutilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Caribattus inutilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
| 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.
Name
The genus name is combined from Caribbean and the common ending for salticid genera -attus. The species name inutilis is Latin for "useless".
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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