Zygoballus remotus

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

Zygoballus remotus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Guatemala. [2] It was first described by the arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Taxon details Zygoballus remotus Peckham & Peckham, 1896". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. 1 2 Peckham, George; Peckham, Elizabeth (1896). "Spiders of the family Attidae from Central America and Mexico" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 3 (1): 89–90.