Pachyonomastus
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Genus: | Pachyonomastus Caporiacco, 1947
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Species: | P. kittenbergeri
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Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947
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1 species |
Pachyonomastus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Pachynonomastus kittenbergeri, is only found in East Africa.
Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek pachy "thick" and the related genus Onomastus. The species is named in honour of Kálmán Kittenberger, who collected the species.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.