| Zygoballus optatus | |
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| Zygoballus optatus holotype (male) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. optatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946[1] | |
Zygoballus optatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama. 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]
The species has been collected from several areas of Panama including El Valle de Antón, Chilibre, Cermeño, and Barro Colorado Island (Canal Zone Biological Area).[3]
References
- 1 2 "Taxon details Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- ↑ Prószyński, Jerzy (December 24, 2011). "Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ↑ Chickering, Arthur M. (September 1946). "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 97: 405–410.
External links
Media related to Zygoballus optatus at Wikimedia Commons- Zygoballus optatus at Jumping Spiders of the World
- Zygoballus optatus at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library
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