Family Salticidae Scientific name Ballognatha | Order Araneae Subfamily Ballinae Rank Genus | |
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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.
Name
The genus name is a combination of the related salticid genus Ballus and Ancient Greek gnath- "jaw".
References
Ballognatha Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA