Zygoballus Concolor
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''Zygoballus concolor'' is a species of
jumping spider Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...
which occurs in
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. It was first described by the arachnologist Elizabeth B. Bryant in 1940. The male holotype was collected from Soledad,
Consolación del Sur Consolación del Sur is a municipality and town in the Pinar del Río Province of Cuba. Also called the ''Athens of Vueltabajo'', it was founded in 1690. Geography It is located in a major rice-growing area; tobacco is also cultivated as in muc ...
and the female allotype was collected from
Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. The
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s are housed at the
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in the United States.


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''Zygoballus concolor''
at Worldwide database of jumping spiders

at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library Salticidae Spiders of the Caribbean Spiders described in 1940 {{Salticidae-stub