Euryattus
| Euryattus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Section: | Dionycha |
| Superfamily: | Salticoidea |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Euryattus Thorell, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Euryattus porcellus Thorell, 1881 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 8 species | |
Euryattus is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Like Holcolaetis and Thiania bhamoensis, these spiders build a flat, densely woven egg sac that is not contiguous with the silk of the nest. Euryattus posits the egg sac in rolled up leaves, similar to T. bhamoensis, which is in the same subfamily and stitches two leaves together.[1]
Name
The genus name is a compound of Ancient Greek eury "wide" and the common salticid ending -attus.
Species
- Euryattus bleekeri (Doleschall, 1859) (Sri Lanka to Queensland)
- Euryattus breviusculus (Simon, 1902) (Sri Lanka)
- Euryattus celebensis (Merian, 1911) (Sulawesi)
- Euryattus leopoldi (Roewer, 1938) (New Guinea, Aru Is.)
- Euryattus myiopotami (Thorell, 1881) (New Guinea)
- Euryattus porcellus Thorell, 1881 (New Guinea)
- Euryattus venustus (Doleschall, 1859) (Amboina, New Guinea)
- Euryattus wallacei (Thorell, 1881) (Queensland)
References
- ↑ Li, D., Yik, S.H. & Seah, W.K. (2002). Rivet-like nest-building and agonistic behaviour of Thiania bhamoensis, an iridescent jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. 50(1):143-151. PDF
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