- Ballus
Taxobox
name = "Ballus"
image_caption = subadult male "B. chalybeius"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Ballinae
tribus =Ballini
genus = "Ballus"
genus_authority = C. L. Koch, 1850
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Ballus
diversity = 10 species
type_species = "Aranea chalybeia"
type_species_authority = Walckenaer, 1802
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Ballus" is a
spider genus of theSalticidae family (jumping spiders).Description
"Ballus" are typically small, squat spiders. The carapace is broad oval, almost as wide as long, flat on top with the sides and back almost vertical, and a rugose surface. The shield-shaped abdomen is broadly truncated at the front. Femora, patellae and tibiae on the first pair of legs are swollen in the male, and there is a fringe below the tibiae. Although they are often entirely mottled dark brown, some species are much more colorful.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 273]
Distribution
This genus has mainly a
palearctic distribution, but there are two species fromSri Lanka . Two species from theUSA have been transferred to the genus "Attidops " [Platnick 2007] . "B. tabupumensis" was described from a single specimen from Burma, with no further information since 1914. Petrunkevitch's description is scant with schematic figures, and could refer to a related genus.pecies
* "
Ballus armadillo " (Simon, 1871) —Corsica ,Italy
* "Ballus chalybeius " (Walckenaer, 1802) —Europe ,North Africa toCentral Asia
* "Ballus japonicus " Saito, 1939 —Japan
* "Ballus lendli " Kolosváry, 1934 —Hungary
* "Ballus piger " O. P-Cambridge, 1876 —Egypt
* "Ballus rufipes " (Simon, 1868) — Europe, North Africa
* "Ballus segmentatus " Simon, 1900 —Sri Lanka
* "Ballus sellatus " Simon, 1900 — Sri Lanka
* "Ballus tabupumensis " Petrunkevitch, 1914 —Burma
* "Ballus variegatus " Simon, 1876 —Portugal to ItalyFootnotes
References
* (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. "Malaysian Nature Society", Kuala Lumpur.
* (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.5. "American Museum of Natural History".External links
* [http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/ballus/balar-ph.htm Photograph of "B. armadillo"]
* [http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/ballus/chal-holst-ph.htm Photograph of "B. chalybeius"]
* [http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/ballus/rufi-kph.htm Photograph of "B. rufipes"]
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