Pachyballus

Taxobox
name = "Pachyballus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Ballinae
tribus = Ballini
genus = "Pachyballus"
genus_authority = Simon, 1900
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Pachyballus
diversity = 6 species
type_species = "Pachyballus transversus"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1900
range_

range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Pachyballus" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). While almost all of the six described species are found in Africa and nearby regions, one species is endemic to New Caledonia.

"Pachyballus rotundus" was transferred to its own genus "Planiemen" in 2007.

Name

The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek "pachys" "thick" and the salticid genus "Ballus".

pecies

* "Pachyballus castaneus" Simon, 1900 (South Africa)
* "Pachyballus cordiformis" Berland & Millot, 1941 (Ivory Coast)
* "Pachyballus flavipes" Simon, 1910 (Ivory Coast, Bioko)
** "Pachyballus flavipes aurantius" Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
* "Pachyballus gambeyi" (Simon, 1880) (New Caledonia)
* "Pachyballus transversus" Simon, 1900 (Guinea-Bissau, Congo, Zanzibar, South Africa)
* "Pachyballus variegatus" Lessert, 1925 (East Africa)

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/pachybal/pachy-ph.htm Photograph of "Pachyballus" sp.]