''Attinella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of North American
jumping spiders. It was first described by
Nathan Banks in 1905 based on the type species ''
Attinella dorsata'' (originally ''Attus dorsatus'').
it contains only three species: ''
A. concolor'', ''
A. dorsata'', and ''
A. juniperi''.
It was
synonymized with ''
Sitticus'' from 1979
to 2017, when the genus ''Sittiab'' was split from ''Sitticus'' by
Prószyński in 2017,
and ''Attinella'' was recognized as its
senior synonym.
Phylogeny
''Attinella'' is placed in the tribe Sitticini within the family
Salticidae. In 2020,
Wayne Maddison
Wayne Paul Maddison , is a professor and Canada Research Chair at the departments of zoology and botany at the University of British Columbia, and the Director of the Spencer Entomological Collection at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.
His research ...
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.
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See also
* '' Sitticus''
* List of Salticidae genera
The genera of the family Salticidae listed here are those that are extant and accepted by the World Spider Catalog . Assignment to subfamilies and clades is based on Maddison (2015), except where otherwise shown. Unless sources indicate otherwise, ...
References
Further reading
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Sitticini
Salticidae genera
Spiders of North America
Taxa named by Nathan Banks
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