Zygoballus lineatus
| Zygoballus lineatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. lineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus lineatus (Mello-Leitão, 1944) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Amerotritte lineata | |
Zygoballus lineatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina.[1] It is known only from a single female specimen collected in Tigre, Buenos Aires.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1944 by the Brazilian arachnologist Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão as Amerotritte lineata. It served as the type species of a new genus Amerotritte.[2] In 1980, however, Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano transferred the species to the genus Zygoballus, thus synonymizing Amerotritte.[1] Galiano commented that the holotype is immature and listed the species as a species inquirenda.[1] Jerzy Prószyński's Global Species Database of Salticidae lists the species as "dubious".[3] However, it is listed as a recognized species by Platnick's World Spider Catalog (Version 10.5).[4]
Type specimen
The type specimen is housed at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Prosen collection, No. 16.210).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Galiano, María Elena (1980). "Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão". Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (Buenos Aires) 39: 31–40.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mello-Leitão, Cándido Firmino de (1944). Zoologia. "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires". Extracto de la Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva Serie) 3: 375–376.
- ↑ Prószyński, Jerzy (March 7, 2010). "Zygoballus [dubius] lineatus Galiano, 1980". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
- ↑ Platnick, Norman I. (2009). "Salticidae Blackwall, 1841". The World Spider Catalog, Version 10.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2010-04-13.