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

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