| Ballagascar | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Ballagascar Azarkina & Haddad, 2020 |
| Species: | B. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ballagascar insularis (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885) | |
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, and it has only been found in Madagascar. The type species, Ballagascar insularis, was originally described under the name "Homalattus insularis".
See also
References
- ^ "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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Ballagascar | |
| Homalattus insularis | |
 | This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |