Zygoballus incertus

Zygoballus incertus
female Zygoballus incertus
male Zygoballus incertus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zygoballus
Species: Z. incertus
Binomial name
Zygoballus incertus
(Nathan Banks, 1929)[1]
Synonyms

Atelurius incertus

Zygoballus incertus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama.[2]

History and taxonomy

The species was first described from a female specimen by the entomologist Nathan Banks in 1929 as Atelurius incertus.[2] 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."[3] 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]."[4] Citing the fact that Chickering noted similarities with Zygoballus, Galiano transferred the species out of Atelurius and into Zygoballus.[4] Characteristics of the male were described in 1996 by Wayne Maddison.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Taxon details Zygoballus incertus (Banks, 1929)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. 1 2 Banks, Nathan (1929). "Spiders from Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 69 (3): 51–96.
  3. ↑ Chickering, Arthur M. (September 1946). "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 97: 253–257.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ 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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