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Zygoballus melloleitaoi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Scientific name
  
Zygoballus melloleitaoi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Rank
  
Species

Zygoballus melloleitaoi is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina. It is known only from a single female specimen collected in Puerto Victoria, Misiones.

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Taxonomy

The species was originally described in 1945 by Brazilian arachnologist Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão as Gastromicans sexpunctata. 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. Jerzy Prószyński's Global Species Database of Salticidae lists the species as "dubious". However, it is listed as a recognized species by Platnick's World Spider Catalog (Version 10.5).

Description

The only known specimen is a female 4 mm in length.

The type specimen is housed at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Zenzes collection, No. 16.785).

References

Zygoballus melloleitaoi Wikipedia