| Zygoballus optatus | |
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| Zygoballus optatus holotype (male) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Zygoballus |
| Species: | Z. optatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946 | |
Zygoballus optatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama. It was first described by the arachnologist Arthur M. Chickering in 1946. The type specimens are housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the United States.
The species has been collected from several areas of Panama including El Valle de Antón, Chilibre, Cermeño, and Barro Colorado Island (Canal Zone Biological Area).
References
- ^ "Taxon details Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
- Prószyński, Jerzy (December 24, 2011). "Zygoballus optatus Chickering, 1946". Global Species Database of Salticidae (Araneae). Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- Chickering, Arthur M. (September 1946). "The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 97: 405–410.
External links
Media related to Zygoballus optatus at Wikimedia Commons- Zygoballus optatus at Jumping Spiders of the World
- Zygoballus optatus at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library
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