Zygoballus
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilySalticidae
Observations recorded2,271
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- Family
- Salticidae
- Collections
- DMNS, INHS, MCZ, NMSU
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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- Salticidae
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- Kaldari Zygoballus rufipes male 01.jpg
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Zygoballus is a genus of jumping spiders found in North and South America.
==Taxonomy and history== The genus was first described in 1885 by American arachnologists George and Elizabeth Peckham based on the type species Zygoballus rufipes. The name derives from a combination of the Ancient Greek word ζυγόν (zygon), meaning "yoke", and the genus name Ballus. The etymology of Ballus is unknown, but may be related to the Greek word βαλλίζω (ballizo), meaning "dance" or "jump about".
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