Burmattus

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Burmattus
Female Burmattus pococki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Burmattus
Prószyński, 1992[1]
Type species
B. pococki
(Thorell, 1895)
Species

4, see text

Burmattus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 1992.[2] The name is derived from "Burma", and "-attus", a common suffix for salticid genera.

Species[edit]

As of June 2019 it contains four species, found only in Asia:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Burmattus Prószyński, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Prószyński, J. (1992). "Salticidae (Araneae) of the Old World and Pacific Islands in several US collections". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 44: 87–163.