Ghatippus is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae. It was first described by Kiran Marathe, Wayne Paul Maddison, and Krushnamegh Kunte in 2024,[1] and is found in the Western Ghats of India. As of 2024, it contains only one species, Ghatippus paschima.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Tribe: | Plexippini |
| Subtribe: | Plexippina |
| Genus: | Ghatippus Marathe & Maddison, 2024 |
| Species: | G. paschima
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| Binomial name | |
| Ghatippus paschima Marathe & Maddison, 2024
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References
edit- ^ Marathe, Kiran; Maddison, Wayne P.; Kunte, Krushnamegh (12 February 2024). "Ghatippus paschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina)". ZooKeys (1191): 89–103. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1191...89M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1191.114117. PMC 10880105. PMID 38384423. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Gen. Ghatippus Marathe & Maddison, 2024". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
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