| Zygoballus incertus | |
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| female Zygoballus incertus | |
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| male Zygoballus incertus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. incertus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus incertus (Nathan Banks, 1929) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
Atelurius incertus | |
Zygoballus incertus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama. [2]
The species was first described from a female specimen by the entomologist Nathan Banks in 1929 as Atelurius incertus. [2] Arachnologist Arthur M. Chickering described the species, including a male allotype, in his 1946 paper, "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Chickering expressed doubts about whether the species belonged to Atelurius: "I am unable to come to any decision as to the correct placement of this species... I know nothing better to do with it for the present than to retain it here pending further knowledge." [3] In 1987, arachnologist María Elena Galiano reassigned Chickering's male allotype to Sassacus . Regarding the female type specimen, she remarked that it was "without a doubt fissidentate, and should be excluded from [Atelurius]." [4] Citing the fact that Chickering noted similarities with Zygoballus , Galiano transferred the species out of Atelurius and into Zygoballus. [4] Characteristics of the male were described in 1996 by Wayne Maddison. [5]
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