Zygoballus optatus

Zygoballus optatus
Zygoballus optatus holotype (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zygoballus
Species: Z. optatus
Binomial name
Zygoballus optatus
Chickering, 1946[1]

Zygoballus optatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama. It was first described by the arachnologist Arthur M. Chickering in 1946.[1] The type specimens are housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the United States.[2]

The species has been collected from several areas of Panama including El Valle de Antón, Chilibre, Cermeño, and Barro Colorado Island (Canal Zone Biological Area).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon details Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. Prószyński, Jerzy (December 24, 2011). "Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
  3. Chickering, Arthur M. (September 1946). "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 97: 405–410.
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