Attulus eskovi is a jumping spider species in the family Salticidae that was first described in 1995.[1]

Attulus eskovi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Attulus
Species:
A. eskovi
Binomial name
Attulus eskovi
Logunov & Wesołowska, 1995
Synonyms
  • Sitticus eskovi (Logunov & Wesołowska, 1995)

Etymology

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The species is named after Kirill Eskov, who collected most of the type material and information on its habitat.[2]

Distribution

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The holotype was found in the Kurile Islands and the species is known from Primorsky Krai in the Russian Far East and Sakhalin.[2] Logunov & Wesołowska speculate that it is probable that it also occurs in Japan and Korea.[2]

References

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  1. ^ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Sitticus eskovi Logunov & Wesolowska, 1995". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Logunov, D. V.; Wesolowska, W. (1995). "New data on some poorly known Palaearctic species of Sitticus (Araneae: Salticidae)" (PDF). Genus. 6: 163–175. Retrieved 6 November 2017.