Pachyballus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900.[2] While most are found in Africa and nearby regions, one species is endemic to New Caledonia. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek παχύς ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the salticid genus Ballus.
| Pachyballus | |
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| female P. castaneus | |
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| male P. miniscutulus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pachyballus Simon, 1900[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. transversus Simon, 1900 | |
| Species | |
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9, see text | |
Pachyballus rotundus was transferred to its own genus Planiemen in 2007 and Pachyballus oyo was transferred to Peplometus in 2020.[1]
Distribution
editPachyballus are found only in Africa, with the exception of P. gambeyi, which is endemic to New Caledonia.[1]
Species
editAs of October 2025[update], this genus includes nine species:[1]
- Pachyballus caelestis Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – DR Congo
- Pachyballus castaneus Simon, 1900 – Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique?
- Pachyballus flavipes Simon, 1909 – Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- Pachyballus gambeyi (Simon, 1880) – New Caledonia
- Pachyballus miniscutulus Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – Ivory Coast, South Africa
- Pachyballus mombasensis Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – Kenya
- Pachyballus ornatus Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – DR Congo, Tanzania
- Pachyballus transversus Simon, 1900 – Ethiopia, Somalia, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, DR Congo, DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa (type species)
- Pachyballus variegatus Lessert, 1925 – Tanzania
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Pachyballus Simon, 1900". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ↑ Simon, E. (1900). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Attidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 44: 381–407.
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