Zygoballus melloleitaoi
| Zygoballus melloleitaoi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendryphantinae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. melloleitaoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus melloleitaoi Galiano, 1980 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gastromicans sexpunctata | |
Zygoballus melloleitaoi is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina.[1] It is known only from a single female specimen collected in Puerto Victoria, Misiones.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described in 1945 by Brazilian arachnologist Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão as Gastromicans sexpunctata.[2] In 1980, the Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano transferred the species to the genus Zygoballus. Because the name Zygoballus sexpunctatus was already in use, Galiano gave the species a new name, Zygoballus melloleitaoi, in honor of Mello-Leitão.[1] Jerzy Prószyński's Global Species Database of Salticidae lists the species as "dubious".[3] However, it is listed as a recognized species by Platnick's World Spider Catalog (Version 10.5).[4]
Description
The only known specimen is a female 4 mm in length.[2]
The type specimen is housed at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Zenzes collection, No. 16.785).[2]
References
- 1 2 Galiano, María Elena (1980). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (Buenos Aires) 39: 31–40.
- 1 2 3 4 Mello-Leitão, Cándido Firmino de (1945). "Arañas de Misiones, Corrientes y Entre Ríos". Extracto de la Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva Serie) 4: 284.
|section=ignored (help) - ↑ Prószyński, Jerzy (March 7, 2010). "Zygoballus [dubius] melloleitaoi Galiano, 1980". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ↑ Platnick, Norman I. (2009). "Salticidae Blackwall, 1841". The World Spider Catalog, Version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
External links
- Zygoballus melloleitaoi at Worldwide database of jumping spiders
- Zygoballus melloleitaoi at Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae)