Zygoballus melloleitaoi | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Zygoballus |
Species: | Z. melloleitaoi
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Binomial name | |
Zygoballus melloleitaoi | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Gastromicans sexpunctata Mello-Leitão, 1945 |
Zygoballus melloleitaoi is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina. [2] It is known only from a single female specimen collected in Puerto Victoria, Misiones. [3]
The species was originally described in 1945 by Brazilian arachnologist Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão as Gastromicans sexpunctata. [3] In 1980, the Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano transferred the species to the genus Zygoballus. Because the name Zygoballus sexpunctatus was already in use, Galiano gave the species a new name, Zygoballus melloleitaoi, in honor of Mello-Leitão. [2] Jerzy Prószyński's Global Species Database of Salticidae lists the species as "dubious". [4] However, it is listed as a recognized species by Platnick's World Spider Catalog (Version 10.5). [5]
The only known specimen is a female 4 mm in length. [3]
The type specimen is housed at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Zenzes collection, No. 16.785). [3]