Chinattus taiwanensis is a species of jumping spider (family Salticidae) found exclusively in Taiwan.[1]

Chinattus taiwanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Chinattus
Species:
C. taiwanensis
Binomial name
Chinattus taiwanensis
Bao & Peng, 2002[1]

This spider has a body length (excluding legs) of 3.9 mm. The carapace is dark brown, black towards the margins; the legs and the roughly cylindrical abdomen are greyish-black, the latter marked dorsally with four depressions and five pale curved bands and laterally with numerous diagonal black lines.[2]

It can be distinguished from the similar Chinattus validus by the shape of the palps.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Taxon details Chinattus taiwanensis Bao & Peng, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. ^ a b Bao, You-Hui & Peng, Xian-Jin (2002). "Six New Species of Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Hui-Sun Experimental Forest Station, Taiwan" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 41 (4): 403–411. Retrieved 2017-03-19.