Zygoballus lineatus
Zygoballus lineatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina.[2] It is known only from a single female specimen collected in Tigre, Buenos Aires.[3]
| Zygoballus lineatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. lineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus lineatus (Mello-Leitão, 1944)[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amerotritte lineata Mello-Leitão, 1944 | |
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.[3] In 1980, however, Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano transferred the species to the genus Zygoballus, thus synonymizing Amerotritte.[2] Galiano commented that the holotype is immature and listed the species as a species inquirenda.[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]
Type specimen
The type specimen is housed at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Prosen collection, No. 16.210).[3]
References
- "Taxon details Zygoballus lineatus (Mello-Leitão, 1944)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- 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.
- Mello-Leitão, Cándido Firmino de (1944). "Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires". Extracto de la Revista del Museo de la Plata (Nueva Serie, Zoologia). 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.