Pachomius (spider)

Pachomius
Adult male Pachomius from Belize
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Aelurillinae
Genus: Pachomius
Type species
Pachomius dybowskii
Species

see text

Diversity
19 species

Pachomius is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Previously identified genus Uspachia was merged into genus Romitia in 2007; in 2015 all nine species within Romitia were merged into Pachomius.

Name

Pachomius (ca. 292-348) is generally recognized as the founder of cenobitic monasticism.

Species

As of July 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]

  • Pachomius albipalpis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia
  • Pachomius andinus (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
  • Pachomius bahiensis (Galiano, 1995) – Brazil
  • Pachomius bilobatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela
  • Pachomius colombianus (Galiano, 1995) – Panama, Colombia
  • Pachomius dybowskii (Taczanowski, 1871) – Mexico to Ecuador, Brazil
  • Pachomius flavescens Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Panama
  • Pachomius hadzji (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela
  • Pachomius hieroglyphicus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico
  • Pachomius juquiaensis (Galiano, 1995) – Brazil
  • Pachomius ministerialis (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
  • Pachomius misionensis (Galiano, 1995) – Paraguay, Argentina
  • Pachomius nigrus (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana, French Guiana
  • Pachomius niveoguttatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
  • Pachomius patellaris (Galiano, 1995) – Bolivia, Brazil
  • Pachomius peckhamorum Galiano, 1994 – Panama
  • Pachomius sextus Galiano, 1994 – Venezuela, Brazil
  • Pachomius similis Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Trinidad
  • Pachomius villeta Galiano, 1994 – Colombia, Venezuela

References

  1. ↑ World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Pachomius Peckham & Peckham, 1896". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  • Pachomius at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library
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