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Pachyballus flavipes

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Pachyballus flavipes
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. flavipes
Binomial name
Pachyballus flavipes
Simon, 1909

Pachyballus flavipes is a species of jumping spider in the genus Pachyballus found in Africa. Its distribution includes Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The female was first described in 1909. The female was first described in 1941 under the name Pachyballus cordiformis. However, this was declared a synonym in 2020, along with Pachyballus flavipes aurantius.[1][2]

References

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  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 flavipes Simon, 1909". World Spider Catalog. 22.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2021.