Chinattus
Encyclopedia
Chinattus is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spider
s). Most of the described species occur in China and nearby countries, with C. caucasicus reaching into Iran
. C. parvulus is found in North America
.
and the common ending for salticid genera -attus.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spider
Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
s). Most of the described species occur in China and nearby countries, with C. caucasicus reaching into Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. C. parvulus is found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Name
The genus name is combined from ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and the common ending for salticid genera -attus.
Species
- Chinattus caucasicus Logunov, 1999 — IranIranIran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Central AsiaCentral AsiaCentral Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north... - Chinattus chichila Logunov, 2003 — NepalNepalNepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
- Chinattus emeiensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) — ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
- Chinattus furcatus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) — China
- Chinattus parvulus (Banks, 1895) — USA, CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
- Chinattus sinensis (Prószynski, 1992) — China
- Chinattus taiwanensisChinattus taiwanensisChinattus taiwanensis is a species of jumping spider found exclusively in Taiwan.This spider has a body length of 3.9 mm...
Bao & Peng, 2002 — TaiwanTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... - Chinattus tibialis (Zabka, 1985) — China, VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
- Chinattus undulatus (Song & Chai, 1992) — China
- Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) — China
- Chinattus wulingensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) — China
- Chinattus wulingoides (Peng & Xie, 1995) — China