Zygoballus incertus
| Zygoballus incertus | |
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| female Zygoballus incertus | |
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| male Zygoballus incertus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. incertus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus incertus (Nathan Banks, 1929) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Atelurius incertus | |
Zygoballus incertus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama.[1]
History and taxonomy
The species was first described from a female specimen by the entomologist Nathan Banks in 1929 as Atelurius incertus.[1] Arachnologist Arthur M. Chickering described the species, including a male allotype, in his 1946 paper, "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Chickering expressed doubts about whether the species belonged to Atelurius: "I am unable to come to any decision as to the correct placement of this species... I know nothing better to do with it for the present than to retain it here pending further knowledge."[2] In 1987, arachnologist María Elena Galiano reassigned Chickering's male allotype to Sassacus. Regarding the female type specimen, she remarked that it was "without a doubt fissidentate, and should be excluded from [Atelurius]."[3] Citing the fact that Chickering noted similarities with Zygoballus, Galiano transferred the species out of Atelurius and into Zygoballus.[3] Characteristics of the male were described in 1996 by Wayne Maddison.[4]
References
- 1 2 Banks, Nathan (1929). "Spiders from Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 69 (3): 51–96.
- ↑ Chickering, Arthur M. (September 1946). "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 97: 253–257.
- 1 2 Galiano, María Elena (1987). "Revision de los generos del grupo Hurieae (Araneae, Salticidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology (in Spanish) 15 (3): 285–301.
- ↑ Maddison, Wayne P. (1996). "Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University) 154: 215–368.
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- Zygoballus incertus at Worldwide database of jumping spiders
- Zygoballus incertus at Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae)
- Zygoballus incertus at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library