Pachomius (spider)
| Pachomius | |
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| Adult male Pachomius from Belize | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pachomius Peckham & Peckham, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| P. dybowskii (Taczanowski, 1871)
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| Species | |
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20, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.