Caribattus | |
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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Caribattus inutilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1901)
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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".