Zygoballus electus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama.[1] It was first described by the arachnologist Arthur M. Chickering in 1946.[1] The type specimens are housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the United States.[2]
| Zygoballus electus | |
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| Zygoballus electus holotype (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. electus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus electus Chickering, 1946[1]
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The species has been collected from several areas of Panama including El Valle de Antón, Portobelo, and Barro Colorado Island (Canal Zone Biological Area).[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Platnick, Norman I. (2009). "Salticidae Blackwall, 1841". The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ Prószyński, Jerzy (December 24, 2011). "Zygoballus electus Chickering, 1946". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ Chickering, Arthur M. (September 1946). "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 97: 405–410. hdl:2027/mdp.39015068348831.
External links
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