Ballognatha
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Ballognatha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), with the single species B. typica. It occurs in Karakorum.
The species and genus were described based on a single immature and misclassified specimen. It is highly likely that there exists no real species with characters fitting the original description. Genus and species are thus a nomen dubium.[1]
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[edit] Name
The genus name is a combination of the related salticid genus Ballus and Ancient Greek gnath- "jaw".
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Jerzy Proszynski: Ballognatha typica
[edit] References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
[edit] Further reading
- Caporiacco, L. di (1935): Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 13: 161-263.
