Pseudattulus

Pseudattulus is a genus of South American jumping spiders that was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947.[2] As of August 2019 it contains only two species, found only in Guyana and Venezuela: P. beieri and P. kratochvili.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" (ψευδής), meaning "false", and the salticid genus Attulus.[2]

Pseudattulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Pseudattulus
Caporiacco, 1947[1]
Type species
P. kratochvili
Caporiacco, 1947
Species
  • P. beieri Caporiacco, 1955Venezuela
  • P. kratochvili Caporiacco, 1947 – Venezuela, Guyana

References

  1. "Gen. Pseudattulus Caporiacco, 1947". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Diagnosi preliminari de specie nuove di aracnidi della Guiana Brittanica raccolte dai professori Beccari e Romiti". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. 56: 20–34.


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