Zygoballus electus

Zygoballus electus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama.[1] 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]

Zygoballus electus
Zygoballus electus holotype (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zygoballus
Species:
Z. electus
Binomial name
Zygoballus electus

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

References

  1. Platnick, Norman I. (2009). "Salticidae Blackwall, 1841". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. Prószyński, Jerzy (December 24, 2011). "Zygoballus electus Chickering, 1946". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  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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