Burmattus Explained

Burmattus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1992.^[1] The name is derived from "Burma", and "-attus", a common suffix for salticid genera.

Species

it contains four species, found only in Asia:^[2]

• Burmattus albopunctatus (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
• Burmattus pachytibialis Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Sumbawa)
• Burmattus pococki (Thorell, 1895) (type) – Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Japan, Taiwan
• Burmattus sinicus Prószyński, 1992 – China

Notes and References

1. Prószyński. J.. 1992. Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 87–163. 44. Jerzy Prószyński.
2. Gen. Burmattus Prószyński, 1992. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.