Chinattus

Chinattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Section: Dionycha
Superfamily: Salticoidea
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
(unranked): Hasarieae
Genus: Chinattus
Logunov, 1999
Type species
Heliophanus undulatus
Song & Chai, 1992
Species

see text

Diversity
12 species

Chinattus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Most of the described species occur in China and nearby countries, with C. caucasicus reaching into Iran. C. parvulus is found in North America.

Name

The genus name is combined from China and the common ending for salticid genera -attus.

Species

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