Chinattus Explained

Chinattus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by D. V. Logunov in 1999.^[1] The name is a combination of "China" and -attus, a common suffix for salticid genera.

Species

it contains seventeen species, most occurring in China and nearby countries, with C. caucasicus reaching into Iran, and C. parvulus in North America:^[2]

• Chinattus caucasicus Logunov, 1999 – Caucasus, Iran
• Chinattus chichila Logunov, 2003 – Nepal
• Chinattus dactyloides (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) – China, Japan
• Chinattus emeiensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China
• Chinattus falco Suguro, 2016 – Japan
• Chinattus furcatus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) – China, Japan
• Chinattus ogatai Suguro, 2014 – Japan
• Chinattus parvulus (Banks, 1895) – USA, Canada
• Chinattus sinensis (Prószyński, 1992) – China
• Chinattus szechwanensis (Prószyński, 1992) – China
• Chinattus taiwanensis Bao & Peng, 2002 – Taiwan
• Chinattus tibialis (Zabka, 1985) – China, Vietnam
• Chinattus undulatus (Song & Chai, 1992) (type) – China
• Chinattus validus (Xie, Peng & Kim, 1993) – China, Nepal, Bhutan
• Chinattus wengnanensis Cao & Li, 2016 – China
• Chinattus wulingensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China
• Chinattus wulingoides (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China

Notes and References

1. Logunov. D. V.. 1999. Redefinition of the genus Habrocestoides Prószyński, 1992, with establishment of a new genus, Chinattus gen n. (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 139–149. 11.
2. Gen. Chinattus Logunov, 1999. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.