Pachyballus
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| Genus: | Pachyballus Simon, 1900
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| Pachyballus transversus Simon, 1900
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Pachyballus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). While almost all of the six described species are found in Africa and nearby regions, one species is endemic to New Caledonia.
Pachyballus rotundus was transferred to its own genus Planiemen in 2007.
Name
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek pachys "thick" and the salticid genus Ballus.
Species
As of July 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Pachyballus castaneus Simon, 1900 – South Africa
- Pachyballus cordiformis Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe
- Pachyballus flavipes Simon, 1910 – Ivory Coast, Bioko
- Pachyballus flavipes aurantius Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Pachyballus gambeyi (Simon, 1880) – New Caledonia
- Pachyballus oyo Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
- Pachyballus transversus Simon, 1900 – Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Zanzibar, South Africa
- Pachyballus variegatus Lessert, 1925 – East Africa
References
- ^ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Pachyballus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
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