Pachyonomastus

Pachyonomastus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Lyssomaninae
Genus: Pachyonomastus
Caporiacco, 1947
Species: P. kittenbergeri
Binomial name
Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri
Caporiacco, 1947
Diversity
1 species

Pachyonomastus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Pachynonomastus kittenbergeri, is only found in East Africa.

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek pachy "thick" and the related genus Onomastus. The species is named in honour of Kálmán Kittenberger, who collected the species.

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