Zygoballus optatus | |
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Zygoballus optatus holotype (male) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Zygoballus |
Species: | Z. optatus
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Binomial name | |
Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946[1]
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Zygoballus optatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama. 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]
The species has been collected from several areas of Panama including El Valle de Antón, Chilibre, Cermeño, and Barro Colorado Island (Canal Zone Biological Area).[3]