Pachyballus
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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.
[edit] Name
The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek pachys "thick" and the salticid genus Ballus.
[edit] Species
- 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)
