Caribattus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Caribattus
Bryant, 1950[1]
Species:
C. inutilis
Binomial name
Caribattus inutilis
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)

Caribattus is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Caribattus inutilis. It was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950,[2] and is only found on the Greater Antilles.[1] The name is derived from "Caribbean", and -attus, a common suffix for salticid genera. The species name inutilis is Latin for "useless".

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Caribattus Bryant, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Bryant, E. B. (1950). "The salticid spiders of Jamaica". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 103: 163–209.
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