Iberattus

Iberattus is a genus of jumping spiders (family Salticidae) containing the single species, Iberattus semiglabratus. It was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 2018,[1][2] and has only been found in Portugal, Spain, and France.[1] Prószyński separated Iberattus from Euophrys. The justification for doing so has been questioned, since it was based on the examination of a mixed collection of specimens where it was not clear whether the males and females belonged to the same species.[3] Nevertheless, the genus is accepted by the World Spider Catalog as of August 2020.[1]

Iberattus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Iberattus
Prószyński, 2018[1]
Species:
I. semiglabratus
Binomial name
Iberattus semiglabratus
(Simon, 1868)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Attus semi-glabratus Simon, 1868
  • Phlegra semiglabrata (Simon, 1868)
  • Euophrys lundbladii Schenkel, 1938
  • Euophrys semiglabrata (Simon, 1868)
  • Habrocestum semiglabratum (Simon, 1868)

Prószyński et al. noted that although the male palpal bulb might place the genus in Prószyński's informal group "euophryines", the structure of the female spermatheca was different, leaving its detailed placement uncertain.[2]

References
  1. "Gen. Iberattus Prószyński, 2018". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. Prószyński, J.; Noordam, A.; Oger, P.; Schäfer, M. (2018). "Delimitation of Mediterranean genus Iberattus gen. n., with comments on genus Saitis (Araneae: Salticidae)". Ecologica Montenegrina. 18: 82–98.
  3. Marusik, Y.M. & Blick, T. (2019), "Further new synonyms of jumping spider genera (Araneae: Salticidae)", Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 57: 89–91, doi:10.30963/aramit5717


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