''Zygoballus optatus'' is a species of
jumping spider which occurs in
Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
. It was first described by the arachnologist
Arthur M. Chickering Arthur Merton Chickering (March 23, 1887 - May 24, 1974) was a U.S. arachnologist.
Biography
He was born on March 23, 1887, in North Danville, Vermont.
He studied in Yale University under Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a Mas ...
in 1946.
[ The ]type specimen
In biology, a type is a particular wiktionary:en:specimen, specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to a ...
s are housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the United States.Canal Zone Biological Area
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, es, Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is located in Panama and is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States. It is dedicated to understa ...
).
References
External links
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''Zygoballus optatus''
at Jumping Spiders of the World
at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library
Salticidae
Spiders of Central America
Spiders described in 1946
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