Ballognatha

Ballognatha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Ballinae
Genus: Ballognatha
Caporiacco, 1935
Species: Ballognatha typica
Binomial name
B. typica
Caporiacco, 1935
Diversity
1 species

Ballognatha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), with the single species B. typica. It occurs in Karakorum.

The species and genus were described based on a single immature and misclassified specimen. It is highly likely that there exists no real species with characters fitting the original description. Genus and species are thus a nomen dubium.[1]

Name

The genus name is a combination of the related salticid genus Ballus and Ancient Greek gnath- "jaw".

Footnotes

  1. Jerzy Proszynski: Ballognatha typica

References

Further reading

  • Caporiacco, L. di (1935): Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 13: 161-263.


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