Pachyonomastus

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Pachyonomastus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pachyonomastus
Caporiacco, 1947[1]
Species:
P. kittenbergeri
Binomial name
Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri

Pachyonomastus is a monotypic genus of East African jumping spiders containing the single species, Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947,[2] and is only found in Africa.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek παχύς ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the related genus Onomastus. The species is named in honor of Kálmán Kittenberger, who collected the species.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Pachyonomastus Caporiacco, 1947". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 40: 97–257.