Talk:Zygoballus

Original descriptions
I'm trying to locate the original descriptions for some of the more obscure species. Here's the info I've found so far: The original descriptions for Zygoballus maculatus and Zygoballus tibialis are both in: Pickard-Cambridge, Frederick Octavius (1901). Arachnida - Volume II: Araneidea and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana. Dulau & Co., London.

Here are the original descriptions for Zygoballus tibialis and Zygoballus maculatus:

Zygoballus tibialis, sp. n. Type male, gynetype female in coll. Godman and Salvin. Total length, male 3, female 4 millim. Hab. Guatemala (Sarg). The male can be at once recognized from other Central-American forms by the much enlarged tibial spur of the palpus. Legs ii., iii., and iv. are unicolorous yellow. In the female the legs are spotted with black at the apex of the segments, and the abdomen has a very striking dorsal pattern of white spots and bands. The latter sex can be known amongst closely allied forms by the shape of the vulva.

Zygoballus maculatus, sp. n. Type, female, in coll. Godman and Salvin. Total length 3 millim. Hab. Guatemala (Sarg). This species is black, with a few white dorsal and marginal spots on the abdomen, and the legs i. brown, and ii., iii., and iv. yellow, annulated with black. It is probably recognizable by the form of the vulva only, for the coloration in these spiders is very variable, the general pattern being common to many of them. Kaldari (talk) 04:41, 23 December 2009 (UTC)