| Ballagascar | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Ballagascar Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1] |
| Species: | B. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ballagascar insularis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885)[1] | |
Ballagascar is a monotypic genus of east African jumping spiders containing the single species, Ballagascar insularis. The genus was first described by G. N. Azarkina and C. R. Haddad in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Madagascar.[1] The type species, Ballagascar insularis, was originally described under the name "Homalattus insularis".[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Ballagascar Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- ↑ Azarkina, G. N.; Haddad, C. R. (2020). "Partial revision of the Afrotropical Ballini, with the description of seven new genera (Araneae: Salticidae)". Zootaxa. 4899 (1): 15–92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4899.1.4.
- ↑ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of the Attidae, from Madagascar and Central America". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1885: 23–42, pl.
Further reading
- Wesołowska, W. (2019). "Colaxes insularis (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) is a valid species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Ballinae)". Israel Journal of Entomology. 49 (1): 57–61. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3539465.
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