Ballognatha is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with the single species B. typica. It occurs in Karakorum.

Ballognatha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Ballognatha
Caporiacco, 1935, nomen dubium
Species:
B. typica
Binomial name
Ballognatha typica
Caporiacco, 1935, nomen dubium

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

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The genus name is a combination of the related salticid genus Ballus and Ancient Greek gnath- "jaw".

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Jerzy Proszynski: Ballognatha typica
  2. ^ 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

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  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

Further reading

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  • Caporiacco, L. di (1935): Aracnidi dell'Himalaia e del Karakoram, raccolti dalla Missione italiana al Karakoram (1929-VII). Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 13: 161-263.