Nosferattus

Nosferattus is a genus of Brazilian jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2005.[2] The name is a combination of "Nosferatu" and the ending -attus, a common salticid genera suffix.[2]

Nosferattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Tribe: Sitticini
Genus: Nosferattus
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005[1]
Type species
N. discus
Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005
Species

5, see text

They range from 3 to 5.5 millimetres (0.12 to 0.22 in) long. Males have a smooth, oval-shaped plate (scutum) on the upper surface of the opisthosoma (abdomen). Nosferattus can be distinguished from other genera in the tribe Sitticini by the presence of highly flattened pedipalps in males, and very long and coiled copulation ducts in females.[2] They are likely related to Aillutticus, which also has a high, broad carapace, rounded laterally behind the posterior lateral eyes, and a slightly convex cephalic region.[2]

Species

As of July 2019 it contains five species, found only in Brazil:[1]

References
  1. "Gen. Nosferattus Ruiz & Brescovit, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  2. Ruiz, G. R. S.; Brescovit, A. D. (2005). "Three new genera of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 22: 687–695.
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