Caribattus

Caribattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Caribattus
Bryant, 1950
Species:
C. inutilis
Binomial name
Caribattus inutilis
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)

Caribattus is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Caribattus inutilis. It was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1950, and is only found on the Greater Antilles. The name is derived from "Caribbean", and -attus, a common suffix for salticid genera. The species name inutilis is Latin for "useless".

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