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Genus: Ballus C. L. Koch, 1850 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Ballus sociabilis Franganillo, 1910

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Distribution: Portugal

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Taxonomic References

Ballus sociabilis Franganillo, 1910: 18 (Df) Original description

Ballus sociabilis Alicata & Cantarella, 1988: 54 (not identifiable, "nomen nudum", taken as nomen dubium by Platnick)

Ballus sociabilis Breitling et al., 2016b: 56 (nomen dubium confirmed)

References

Alicata, P. & Cantarella, T. (1988). The genus Ballus: a revision of the European taxa described by Simon together with observations on the other species of the genus. Animalia 14: 35-63. -- Show included taxa

Breitling, R., Bauer, T., Schäfer, M., Morano, E., Barrientos, J. A. & Blick, T. (2016b). Phantom spiders 2: More notes on dubious spider species from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 52: 50-77. doi: 10.5431/aramit5209 -- Show included taxa

Franganillo B., P. (1910). Arañas de la desembocadura del Miño. Brotéria (Ser. Zool.) 9: 5-22. -- Show included taxa

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

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2016-10-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Breitling et al., 2016b