| Taxon | Ballognatha typica |
|---|---|
| Parent authority | Caporiacco, 1935, nomen dubium |
| Authority | Caporiacco, 1935, nomen dubium |
Ballognatha is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with the single species B. typica. It occurs in Karakorum.
The species and genus were described based on a single immature and misclassified specimen. It is highly likely that there exists no real species with characters fitting the original description. Genus and species are thus a nomen dubium.[1][2]
Name
The genus name is a combination of the related salticid genus Ballus and Ancient Greek gnath- "jaw".
Footnotes
- ^ Jerzy Proszynski: Ballognatha typica
- ^ Prószyński, J.; Lissner, J.; Schäfer, M. (2018). ""Taxonomic survey of the genera Euophrys, Pseudeuophrys and Talavera, with description of Euochin gen. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) and with proposals of a new research protocol"". Ecologica Montenegrina. 18 (18): 26–74. doi:10.37828/em.2018.18.4. S2CID 133867098
References
- (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Further reading
- (1935): Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 13: 161-263.