Attinella
Attinella is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).[1]
| Attinella | |
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| Male Attinella concolor in Bastrop County, Texas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Tribe: | Sitticini |
| Genus: | Attinella Banks, 1905[1] |
| Type species | |
| Attus dorsata (Banks, 1895) | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 3 species | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Attinella was first described by Nathan Banks in 1905 based on the type species Attinella dorsata (originally Attus dorsatus). In 1979, David B. Richman declared it a synonym of Sitticus. In 2017, the genus Sittiab was split off of Sitticus by Prószyński, based on the type species Sitticus absolutus (later synonymized with Attinella dorsata). In 2020, Wayne Maddison et al. revalidated Attinella and declared it a senior synonym of Sittiab.[2]
Phylogeny
Attinella is placed in the tribe Sitticini within the family Salticidae. In 2020, Wayne Maddison and co-workers divided the tribe Sitticini into two subtribes, Aillutticina and Sitticina. Attinella was placed in Sitticina, within a clade whose sister was the genus Attulus. The relationship between these taxa is shown in the following cladogram.[2]
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Species
As of April 2020, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- Attinella concolor (Banks, 1895) – USA, Mexico
- Attinella dorsata (Banks, 1895) (type species) – USA
- Attinella juniperi (Gertsch & Riechert, 1976) – USA
References
- "Gen. Attinella Banks, 1905". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- Maddison, Wayne P.; Maddison, David R.; Derkarabetian, Shahan; Hedin, Marshal (8 April 2020). "Sitticine jumping spiders: phylogeny, classification, and chromosomes (Araneae, Salticidae, Sitticini)". ZooKeys. 925: 1–54. doi:10.3897/zookeys.925.39691.