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Zygoballus
''Zygoballus'' is a genus of jumping spiders found in North and South America. Taxonomy and history The genus was first described in 1885 by American arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham based on the type species ''Zygoballus rufipes''. The name derives from a combination of the Ancient Greek word ζυγόν (''zygon''), meaning "yoke", and the genus name ''Ballus''. The etymology of ''Ballus'' is unknown, but may be related to the Greek word βαλλίζω (''ballizo''), meaning "dance" or "jump about". The genus '' Messua'', based on the type species '' Messua desidiosa'', was synonymized with ''Zygoballus'' by Eugène Simon in 1903. Simon argued that ''Messua desidiosa'' was a transitional species which differed "much less from typical ''Zygoballus'' than would seem to be indicated by he Peckham'sdescription." This synonymy was reversed by Wayne Maddison in 1996, and ''Messua'' restored as a valid genus. The genus ''Amerotritte'', based on the type species '' Amero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygoballus Aschnae
''Zygoballus'' is a genus of jumping spiders found in North and South America. Taxonomy and history The genus was first described in 1885 by American arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham based on the type species ''Zygoballus rufipes''. The name derives from a combination of the Ancient Greek word ζυγόν (''zygon''), meaning "yoke", and the genus name ''Ballus''. The etymology of ''Ballus'' is unknown, but may be related to the Greek word βαλλίζω (''ballizo''), meaning "dance" or "jump about". The genus '' Messua'', based on the type species '' Messua desidiosa'', was synonymized with ''Zygoballus'' by Eugène Simon in 1903. Simon argued that ''Messua desidiosa'' was a transitional species which differed "much less from typical ''Zygoballus'' than would seem to be indicated by he Peckham'sdescription." This synonymy was reversed by Wayne Maddison in 1996, and ''Messua'' restored as a valid genus. The genus ''Amerotritte'', based on the type species '' Amerotri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygoballus Amrishi
''Zygoballus'' is a genus of jumping spiders found in North and South America. Taxonomy and history The genus was first described in 1885 by American arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham based on the type species ''Zygoballus rufipes''. The name derives from a combination of the Ancient Greek word ζυγόν (''zygon''), meaning "yoke", and the genus name ''Ballus''. The etymology of ''Ballus'' is unknown, but may be related to the Greek word βαλλίζω (''ballizo''), meaning "dance" or "jump about". The genus '' Messua'', based on the type species '' Messua desidiosa'', was synonymized with ''Zygoballus'' by Eugène Simon in 1903. Simon argued that ''Messua desidiosa'' was a transitional species which differed "much less from typical ''Zygoballus'' than would seem to be indicated by he Peckham'sdescription." This synonymy was reversed by Wayne Maddison in 1996, and ''Messua'' restored as a valid genus. The genus ''Amerotritte'', based on the type species '' Amerotri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygoballus Rufipes
''Zygoballus rufipes'', commonly called the hammerjawed jumper, is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the United States, Canada, and Central America. Adult females are 4.3 to 6 mm in body length, while males are 3 to 4 mm. Taxonomy The species was first described in 1885 by George and Elizabeth Peckham from a specimen in Guatemala. The Peckhams subsequently described the northern variant as a separate species, ''Z. bettini'', in 1888. In 1980, after examining specimens of ''Z. bettini'' and ''Z. rufipes'' from various populations, G. B. Edwards concluded that the differences mentioned by the Peckhams were not consistently distinct and that the two names represented a single species of variable appearance. The two names were therefore synonymized. The genus '' Zygoballus'' is currently classified in the subfamily Salticinae of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Distribution ''Zygoballus rufipes'' has been reported from Canada, the United States, Mexico, Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygoballus Concolor
''Zygoballus concolor'' is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Cuba. It was first described by the arachnologist Elizabeth B. Bryant in 1940. The male holotype was collected from Soledad, Consolación del Sur and the female allotype was collected from Havana. The type specimens are housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ... in the United States. References External links *''Zygoballus concolor''at Worldwide database of jumping spidersat Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library Salticidae Spiders of the Caribbean Spiders described in 1940 {{Salticidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygoballus Lineatus
''Zygoballus lineatus'' is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina. It is known only from a single female specimen collected in Tigre, Buenos Aires. 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''. In 1980, however, Argentinian arachnologist María Elena Galiano transferred the species to the genus ''Zygoballus'', thus synonymizing ''Amerotritte''. Galiano commented that the holotype is immature and listed the species as a ''species inquirenda''. Jerzy Prószyński's ''Global Species Database A Global Species Database (GSD) is a digital catalog of organisms often defined around a conservation purpose for the organisms of interest. GSDs attempt to be globally inclusive of species within their inclusion parameters versus local species dat ... of Salticidae'' lists the species as "dubious". However, it is listed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messua (spider)
''Messua'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Etymology The genus name is derived from Messua, a female character from Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. Other salticid genera with names of Kipling's characters are '' Akela'', ''Bagheera'' and ''Nagaina''. Taxonomy The genus was first described in 1896 by American arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham based on the type species '' Messua desidiosa''. The genus ''Messua'' was synonymized with '' Zygoballus'' by Eugène Simon in 1903. After examining the type specimen for ''Messua desidiosa'', Simon commented that it was "much less divergent from typical ''Zygoballus'' than he Peckhams'description would indicate." This was reversed by Wayne Maddison in 1996, and ''Messua'' restored as a valid genus. Maddison also transferred several species that had previously been placed in ''Metaphidippus'' into ''Messua''. Species * '' Messua centralis'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Panama * '' Messua dentigera' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dendryphantina
The Dendryphantina are a subtribe of jumping spiders that occur mainly in the New World. The subtribe was first defined by Anton Menge in 1879 as Dendryphantidae. Females of the subtribe generally show paired spots on the abdomen, and the males often have enlarged chelicerae. Females in this subtribe typically have S-shaped epigynal openings. Taxonomy As of 2015, Dendryphantina includes the following genera: * '' Alcmena'' C. L. Koch, 1846 — South America to Mexico * ''Anokopsis'' Bauab & Soares, 1980 — Brazil * ''Anicius'' Chamberlin, 1925 — Mexico * ''Ashtabula'' Peckham & Peckham, 1894 — Brazil to Panama * '' Avitus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Argentina to Panama, Jamaica * ''Bagheera'' Peckham & Peckham, 1896 — Guatemala to Mexico * ''Beata'' Peckham & Peckham, 1895 — South America, Madagascar * ''Bellota'' Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Americas, Pakistan * ''Bryantella'' Chickering, 1946 — Panama to Argentina * ''Cerionesta'' Simon, 1901 — Guyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). Article 67.1 A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups and called a type genus. In botanical nomenclature, these terms have no formal standing under the code of nomenclature, but are sometimes borrowed from zoological nomenclature. In botany, the type of a genus name is a specimen (or, rarely, an illustration) which is also the type of a species name. The species name that has that type can also be referred to as the type of the genus name. Names of genus and family ranks, the various subdivisions of those ranks, and some higher-rank names based on genus names, have such types. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumping Spider
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats or crossing long gaps. Both their book lungs and Invertebrate trachea, tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes, with the Anatomical terms of location, anterior median pair being particularly large. Distinguishing characteristics Jumping spiders are among the easiest to distinguish from similar spider f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suriname
Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. At just under , it is the smallest sovereign state in South America. It has a population of approximately , dominated by descendants from the slaves and labourers brought in from Africa and Asia by the Dutch Empire and Republic. Most of the people live by the country's (north) coast, in and around its capital and largest city, Paramaribo. It is also List of countries and dependencies by population density, one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. Situated slightly north of the equator, Suriname is a tropical country dominated by rainforests. Its extensive tree cover is vital to the country's efforts to Climate change in Suriname, mitigate climate ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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