Saaristattus

Saaristattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Saaristattus
Logunov & Azarkina, 2008[1]
Species: S. tropicus
Binomial name
Saaristattus tropicus
Logunov & Azarkina, 2008[1]

Saaristattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The single described species Saaristattus tropicus is found in Malaysia.[1]

Name

The genus name is derived from Finnish arachnologist Michael Saaristo and attus, an often used salticid genus ending meaning "jumper". The species name means "tropical".[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Saaristattus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2017-04-02
  2. Logunov, Dmitri V. & Azarkina, Galina N. (2008), "Two new genera and species of Euophryinae (Aranei: Salticidae) from SE Asia" (PDF), Arthropoda Selecta, 17 (1–2): 111–115, retrieved 2017-04-02


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