Pachyballus transversus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pachyballus
Species:
P. transversus
Binomial name
Pachyballus transversus
Simon, 1900

Pachyballus transversus is a species of jumping spider in the genus Pachyballus found in Africa. It is the type species for the gnus. Its distribution includes Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania. The male was first described in 1900 and the female in 2020.[1][2]

References

  1. Wesołowska, W.; Azarkina, G. N.; Wiśniewski, K. (2020). "A revision of Pachyballus Simon, 1900 and Peplometus Simon, 1900 (Araneae, Salticidae, Ballini) with descriptions of new species". ZooKeys (944): 47–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.944.49921. PMC 7340629. PMID 32684773.
  2. World Spider Catalog (2021). "Pachyballus transversus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. 22.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 April 2021.


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