Pachygnatha zappa

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Pachygnatha zappa is a spider named after musician Frank Zappa because of its unique markings which resemble his famous moustache.

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Pachygnatha zappa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Tetragnathidae
Genus: Pachygnatha
Species:
P. zappa
Binomial name
Pachygnatha zappa
Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994
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Belgian biologists Robert Bosmans and Jan Bosselaers, from the Rijksuniversiteit Gent organized two expeditions to Mount Cameroon and neighbouring ranges. In 1994 (in Zoologica Scripta, Vol. 23, No. 4, pages 325352) they introduced the species they named Pachygnatha zappa.

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