Zygoballus electus

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Zygoballus electus
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Zygoballus electus holotype (male)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Zygoballus
Species:
Z. electus
Binomial name
Zygoballus electus
Chickering, 1946 [1]

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]

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. 1 2 3 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. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. 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. hdl: 2027/mdp.39015068348831 .