Zygoballus rufipes Peckham, Peckham, 1885
State of knowledge: Accepted


Infra-family: Salticoida; Groups of Subfamilies: Marpissoida; Subfamily: Dendryphantinae;

Comments: Type species of the genus.

Distribution: America Central; Guatemala; Panama; America North; Mexico; USA.


Important publication(s)
Maddison W.P. 1996 Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 154 (4): 330, illustrations 23, 38, 51
Latest Taxonomic scrutiny

Publications using actual name combination:
Peckham, Peckham 1885b: 82, illustrations t 2, f 12; Pickard-Cambridge F. 1901: 291, illustrations t 27, f 16; t 28, f 1; Simon 1903a: 865; Peckham, Peckham 1909: 581; Richman, Cutler 1978: 101; Edwards 1980: 12; Richman, Cutler 1988: 81; Breene, Dean, Nyffeler 1993: 68, illustrations 51a-b, 52a-c (the 4th Author is G.B. Edwards); Maddison 1996: 154 (4): 330, illustrations 23, 38, 51;

Synonyms and combinations (:)
Zygoballus bettini Peckham Peckham 1888 [1889]: 89, illustrations t 1, f 68, t 6, f 68.
Emerton 1891, 230, illustrations t 17, f 4/ Emerton 1902, 48, illustrations 132/ Peckham Peckham 1909, 579, illustrations t 50, f 7; t 51, f 10/ Comstock 1912, 697, illustrations 765-767/ Comstock 1940, 705, illustrations 767/ Chickering 1944, 218, illustrations 155-159/ Kaston 1948 [1981], 496, illustrations t 100, f 1861-1862; t 101, f 1874-1875/ Oehler 1980, 13, illustrations 133-136/
Zygoballus strenuus Peckham Peckham 1896: 92, illustrations t 7, f 4.
Eris bettini: in Prószyński 1976: 149, illustrations 70, 78.
Richman Cutler 1978, 101/

Collections:(Source: Prószyński J. 1971 b /2003b Internet): BELLEVILLE . CHICAGO Z. bettini ; HARVARD Z. r. TYPE(S) ; HARVARD Z. bettini TYPE(S) ; HARVARD Z. strenuus TYPE(S) ; LONDON Z. b., Z. r. TYPE(S) ; PARIS Z. b., Z. r. ; WARSZAWA Z. b., Z. r. ; WIEN ; (Source: Richman D.B. 2007 Personal information): Las Cruces . (Source: Edwards G.B. 2007 - personal:): GAINESVILLE .

To enlarge click on drawing

. Maddison W.P. 1996. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, 154 (4): 330, f 23, 38, 51. By courtesy


. Maddison W.P. 1996. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, 154 (4): 330, f 23, 38, 51. By courtesy


. Maddison W.P. 1996. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, 154 (4): 330, f 23, 38, 51. By courtesy


. Maddison W.P. 1996. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, 154 (4): 330, f 23, 38, 51. By courtesy


Kaston B. J. 1948. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 496, t 100 f 1874-75.


Kaston B. J. 1948. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 496, t 100 f 1861-1862.


Xerox copy of a drawing by W. Maddison. By courtesy


Peckham G.W., Peckham E.G. 1909. Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci. Arts Let., 16 (1): 597, t 50, f 7, t 51, f. 10.


Peckham G.W., Peckham E.G. 1909. Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci. Arts Let., 16 (1): 597, t 50, f 7, t 51, f. 10.


O. P.-Cambridge 1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoologia. 1: 162, t 19, 17.