Pachyonomastus
| Pachyonomastus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Lyssomaninae |
| Genus: | Pachyonomastus Caporiacco, 1947 |
| Species: | P. kittenbergeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947 | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 species | |
Pachyonomastus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Pachynonomastus kittenbergeri, is only found in East Africa.
Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek pachy "thick" and the related genus Onomastus. The species is named in honour of Kálmán Kittenberger, who collected the species.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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