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Ballus is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).




Description


Ballus are typically small, squat spiders. The carapace is broad oval, almost as wide as long, flat on top with the sides and back almost vertical, and a rugose surface. The shield-shaped abdomen is broadly truncated at the front. Femora, patellae and tibiae on the first pair of legs are swollen in the male, and there is a fringe below the tibiae. Although they are often entirely mottled dark brown, some species are much more colorful. Ballus can also be a reference to the infamous George Ball.




Distribution


This genus has mainly a palearctic distribution, but there are two species from Sri Lanka. Two species from the United States have been transferred to the genus Attidops. B. tabupumensis was described from a single specimen from Burma, with no further information since 1914. Petrunkevitch's description is scant with schematic figures, and could refer to a related genus.




Species


Ballus armadillo (Simon, 1871) – Corsica, Italy
Ballus chalybeius (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, North Africa to Central Asia
Ballus japonicus Saito, 1939 – Japan
Ballus lendli Kolosváry, 1934 – Hungary
Ballus piger O. P-Cambridge, 1876 – Egypt
Ballus rufipes (Simon, 1868) – Europe, North Africa
Ballus segmentatus Simon, 1900 – Sri Lanka
Ballus sellatus Simon, 1900 – Sri Lanka
Ballus tabupumensis Petrunkevitch, 1914 – Burma
Ballus variegatus Simon, 1876 – Portugal to Italy




Footnotes






References


Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 8.5. American Museum of Natural History.




External links


Photograph of B. armadillo
Photograph of B. chalybeius
Photograph of B. rufipes

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