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

Euryattus
Euryattus bleekeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Euryattus
Thorell, 1881[1]
Type species
Euryattus porcellus
Thorell, 1881[1]
Species

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Diversity
14 species

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

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

Species

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As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Gen. Euryattus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 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 Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
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