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Zygoballus optatus

Zygoballus optatus
Zygoballus optatus holotype dorsal with scale.jpg
Zygoballus optatus holotype (male)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Zygoballus
Species: Z. optatus
Binomial name
Zygoballus optatus
Chickering, 1946

Zygoballus optatus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in Panama. It was first described by the arachnologist Arthur M. Chickering in 1946. The type specimens are housed at the Museum of Comparative Zoology in the United States.

The species has been collected from several areas of Panama including El Valle de Antón, Chilibre, Cermeño, and Barro Colorado Island (Canal Zone Biological Area).


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