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.
Distribution Pachyballus are found only in Africa, with the exception of P. gambeyi, which is endemic to New Caledonia.
Species , this genus includes nine species:
Pachyballus caelestis Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – DR Congo Pachyballus castaneus Simon, 1900 – Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique? Pachyballus flavipes Simon, 1909 – Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa Pachyballus gambeyi (Simon, 1880) – New Caledonia Pachyballus miniscutulus Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – Ivory Coast, South Africa Pachyballus mombasensis Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – Kenya Pachyballus ornatus Wesołowska, Azarkina & Wiśniewski, 2020 – DR Congo, Tanzania Pachyballus transversus Simon, 1900 – Ethiopia, Somalia, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, DR Congo, DR Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa (type species) Pachyballus variegatus Lessert, 1925 – Tanzania
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Photograph of Pachyballus sp.