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Genus: Zygoballus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Zygoballus melloleitaoi Galiano, 1980

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036917

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Described:

Distribution: Argentina

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museo de La Plata (MLP), La Plata, Argentina f (16785) of Gastromicans sexpunctata - (Galiano, 1980b)

Taxonomic References

Gastromicans sexpunctata Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 284, f. 73 (Df; preoccupied by Hentz, 1845, see Zygoballus sexpunctatus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054560]

Zygoballus melloleitaoi Galiano, 1980b: 38 (T from Gastromicans, replacement name) Original description

References

Galiano, M. E. (1980b). Catalogo de los especimenes tipicos de Salticidae (Araneae) descriptos por Candido F. de Mello-Leitão. Primera parte. Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (C) 39: 31-40. -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1945b). Arañas de Misiones, Corrientes y Entre Ríos. Revista del Museo de La Plata (N.S.) 4(Zoología 29): 213-302. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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