Euryattus Explained

Euryattus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).^[1]

Like Holcolaetis and Thiania bhamoensis, these spiders build a flat, densely woven egg sac that is not contiguous with the silk of the nest. Euryattus posits the egg sac in rolled up leaves, similar to T. bhamoensis, which is in the same subfamily and stitches two leaves together.^[2]

Etymology

The genus name is a compound of Ancient Greek eury "wide" and the common salticid ending -attus.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:^[1]

• Euryattus bleekeri (Doleschall, 1859) – Sri Lanka to Queensland
• Euryattus breviusculus (Simon, 1902) – Sri Lanka
• Euryattus celebensis (Merian, 1911) – Sulawesi
• Euryattus junxiae Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Sumbawa
• Euryattus kinabalus Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Borneo
• Euryattus koomeni Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Borneo
• Euryattus leopoldi (Roewer, 1938) – New Guinea, Aru Islands
• Euryattus myiopotami (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea
• Euryattus pengi Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – Borneo
• Euryattus porcellus Thorell, 1881 – New Guinea
• Euryattus pumilio (Keyserling, 1881) – Queensland
• Euryattus ventralis Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2013 – New Guinea
• Euryattus venustus (Doleschall, 1859) – Amboina, New Guinea
• Euryattus wallacei (Thorell, 1881) – Queensland

External links

• Photograph of E. bleekeri (?)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gen. Euryattus Thorell, 1881 . World Spider Catalog . 7 March 2016.
2. Li, D., Yik, S.H. & Seah, W.K. (2002). Rivet-like nest-building and agonistic behaviour of Thiania bhamoensis, an iridescent jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore. 50(1):143-151. PDF