Pachyonomastus is a monotypic genus of East African jumping spiders containing the single species, Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri. It was first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1947,[2] and is only found in Africa.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek παχύς ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the related genus Onomastus. The species is named in honor of Kálmán Kittenberger, who collected the species.

Pachyonomastus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Pachyonomastus
Caporiacco, 1947[1]
Species:
P. kittenbergeri
Binomial name
Pachyonomastus kittenbergeri

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Pachyonomastus Caporiacco, 1947". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ Caporiacco, L. di (1947). "Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 40: 97–257.