Aruattus

Aruattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Euophryinae
Genus:	Aruattus Logunov & Azarkina, 2008
Species:	A. agostii
Binomial name
Aruattus agostii Logunov & Azarkina, 2008
Species
see text
Diversity
1 species

Aruattus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The single described species A. agostii is found in eastern Indonesia.

Name

The genus name is combined from Aru, derived from the Aru Islands in eastern Indonesia, and attus, an often used ending for salticid genera with the meaning "jumper". The species is named after its collector, D. Agosti.

References

• Logunov, Dmitri V. & Azarkina, Galina N. (2008): Two new genera and species of Euophryinae (Aranei: Salticidae) from SE Asia. Arthropoda Selecta 17 (1-2): 111-115. PDF
• Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.