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Ballagascar

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Ballagascar
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Ballagascar
Azarkina & Haddad, 2020[1]
Species:
B. insularis
Binomial name
Ballagascar insularis
(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1885)[1]

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,[2] and it has only been found in Madagascar.[1] The type species, Ballagascar insularis, was originally described under the name "Homalattus insularis".[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Ballagascar Azarkina & Haddad, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.

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