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Pachyballus

Wesolowska, Wanda;Azarkina, Galina N.;Wisniewski, Konrad

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Pachyballus

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Pachyballus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. While most are found in Africa and nearby regions, one species is endemic to New Caledonia. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the salticid genus Ballus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySalticidae
Observations recorded148

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
Family
Salticidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI, USNM
Recorded in
South Africa

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salticidae
Image
Pachyballus flavipes (10.3897-zookeys.944.49921) Figures 29–35.jpg
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taxon name
Pachyballus
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Category:Pachyballus
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Pachyballus
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Pachyballus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. While most are found in Africa and nearby regions, one species is endemic to New Caledonia. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the salticid genus Ballus.

Pachyballus rotundus was transferred to its own genus Planiemen in 2007 and Pachyballus oyo was transferred to Peplometus in 2020.

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