Genus of spiders
Pachyballus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1900. While most are found in Africa and nearby regions, one species is endemic to New Caledonia. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek ("pachys"), meaning "thick", and the salticid genus "Ballus".
"Pachyballus rotundus" was transferred to its own genus "Planiemen" in 2007 and "Pachyballus oyo" was transferred to "Peplometus" in 2020.
Species.
As of  2021[ [update]] it contains nine species and one subspecies, found only in Africa and on New Caledonia:
References.
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