Pachomius is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896. Uspachia was merged into genus Romitia in 2007, and all nine species were merged into Pachomius in 2015. The name is derived from Pachomius, the founder of cenobitic monasticism.
Species it contains twenty species, found in South America, Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, and on Trinidad: Pachomius albipalpis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia Pachomius andinus (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru Pachomius bahiensis (Galiano, 1995) – Brazil Pachomius bilobatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala, Panama, Venezuela Pachomius colombianus (Galiano, 1995) – Panama, Colombia Pachomius dybowskii (Taczanowski, 1871) (type) – Mexico to Ecuador, Brazil Pachomius flavescens Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Panama Pachomius hadzji (Caporiacco, 1955) – Venezuela Pachomius hieroglyphicus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Mexico Pachomius juquiaensis (Galiano, 1995) – Brazil Pachomius lehmanni (Strand, 1908) – Colombia Pachomius ministerialis (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Panama, Colombia, Venezuela Pachomius misionensis (Galiano, 1995) – Paraguay, Argentina Pachomius nigrus (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana, French Guiana Pachomius niveoguttatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama Pachomius patellaris (Galiano, 1995) – Bolivia, Brazil Pachomius peckhamorum Galiano, 1994 – Panama Pachomius sextus Galiano, 1994 – Venezuela, Brazil, French Guiana Pachomius similis Peckham & Peckham, 1896 – Trinidad Pachomius villeta Galiano, 1994 – Colombia, Venezuela
References
External links Pachomius at Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library