Saaristattus
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| Genus: | Saaristattus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008
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| Species: | S. tropicus
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Saaristattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The single described species S. tropicus is found in west Malaysia.
Name
The genus name is derived from Finnish arachnologist Michael Saaristo and attus, an often used salticid genus ending meaning "jumper". The species name means "tropical".
References
- Logunov, Dmitri V. & Azarkina, Galina N. (2008): Two new genera and species of Euophryinae (Aranei: Salticidae) from SE Asia. Arthropoda Selecta 17 (1-2): 111-115. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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