''Zygoballus lineatus'' is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Argentina. It is known only from a single female specimen collected in

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Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1944 by the Brazilian arachnologist

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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 ''

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'', thus synonymizing ''Amerotritte''. Galiano commented that the holotype is immature and listed the species as a ''

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''. Jerzy Prószyński's ''

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of Salticidae'' lists the species as "dubious". However, it is listed as a recognized species by Platnick's ''World Spider Catalog'' (Version 10.5).

Type specimen

The type specimen is housed at the La Plata Museum in Argentina (Prosen collection, No. 16.210).

References

Salticidae Spiders of Argentina Spiders described in 1944 {{salticidae-stub