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Attulus penicillatus

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Attulus penicillatus is a species in the family Salticidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 4.11 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Italy, Japan and Ukraine.

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Quick facts about Attulus penicillatus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.11 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Attulus penicillatus?

ATTULUS PENICILLATUS · LENGTH 4.11 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.11 mm, the recorded maximum length of the attulus penicillatus is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Attulus penicillatus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Attulus penicillatus is listed for 3 countries.

UkraineItalyJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Italy
  2. Japan
  3. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Attulus penicillatus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Attulus penicillatus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familySalticidae
  6. genusAttulus
  7. SpeciesAttulus penicillatus (Simon, 1875)

Synonyms Attulus guttatus, Attulus illibatus, Attulus inaequalipes, Attulus patellidens, Attus guttatus, Attus illibatus, Attus inaequalipes, Attus inaequipes, Attus inequalipes, Attus penicillatus, Sitticulus penicillatus, Sitticus guttatus, Sitticus patellidens, Sitticus penicillatus, Sitticus penicillatus penicillatus

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • skákavka dvoutečnáCzech
  • Bunter SandhocklingGerman
  • シラホシコゲチャハエトリJapanese
  • 다섯점마른깡충거미Korean
  • skákavka dvojbodkováSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Attulus penicillatus

Other species in the same genus Attulus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Attulus penicillatus?

An adult Attulus penicillatus measures 4.11 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Attulus penicillatus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Attulus penicillatus for 3 countries: Italy, Japan and Ukraine. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Attulus penicillatus?

Attulus penicillatus (Attulus penicillatus) belongs to the family Salticidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Attulus penicillatus (Attulus penicillatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/attulus-penicillatus

MLA

“Attulus penicillatus (Attulus penicillatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/attulus-penicillatus.

BibTeX
@misc{attulus_penicillatus_2026,
  title = {Attulus penicillatus (Attulus penicillatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/attulus-penicillatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}