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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Uroballus carlei male 2.jpg
| image_caption = male ''[[Uroballus carlei]]'' from Hong Kong
| taxon = Uroballus
| authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1902
| type_species = ''[[Uroballus octovittatus]]''
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1902
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = [[#Species|See text]].
}}

'''''Uroballus''''' is a [[spider]] [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the jumping spider family, [[Salticidae]]. It includes seven accepted species.<ref name=WSC_g3038>{{cite web | url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3038/Uroballus | title=Gen. Uroballus Simon, 1902 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | accessdate=20 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=LoguOben19/>

''Uroballus'' is similar to the related genus ''[[Stertinius]]''.<ref name="logunov2018">Logunov, D. V. (2018). [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324068707_Description_of_two_new_species_from_the_genera_Stertinius_Simon_1890_and_Uroballus_Simon_1902_Aranei_Salticidae_from_North_Borneo Description of two new species from the genera ''Stertinius'' Simon, 1890 and ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Aranei: Salticidae) from north Borneo]. ''[[Arthropoda Selecta]]'' '''27'''(1): 57-60</ref> Other related genera are ''[[Ligurra]]'', ''[[Phyaces]]'' and ''[[Simaetha]]''.<ref name="logunov2014"/>

==Description==
''Uroballus'' are about 3 mm long in both sexes. The [[cephalothorax]] is very broad, almost square. The abdomen is oval, the first pair of legs thick and short with swollen femora. The other legs are weak.

The [[Spinneret (spider)|spinnerets]] are very long and thin.<ref name=murphy289>Murphy & Murphy 2000: 289</ref> Among spiders, only [[Hersiliidae]] possess longer spinnerets. The function of such long spinnerets remains unknown.<ref name="logunov2014">Logunov, D. V. (2014). Description of a new species of ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Malaysia, with the longest spinnerets of any known jumping spider. ''[[Zootaxa]]'' '''3894'''(1): 183-187</ref>
Adult spiders of some species may mimic lichen moths caterpillars.<ref name=LoguOben19>Logunov, D.V. & Obenauer, S.M. 2019. A new species of ''Uroballus'' Simon, 1902 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Hong Kong, a jumping spider that appears to mimic lichen moth caterpillars. ''[[Israel Journal of Entomology]]'' '''49'''(1): 1–9. [http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2632730]</ref>

==Name==
The genus name is a combination of [[Ancient Greek]] οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́) "tail" and the salticid genus ''[[Ballus]]'', referring to the long spinnerets.

==Species==
{{As of|2020|November}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepted seven species:<ref name=WSC_g3038/>
* ''[[Uroballus carlei]]'' Logunov & Obenauer, 2019 — [[Hong Kong]]
* ''[[Uroballus henicurus]]'' Simon, 1902 — [[Sri Lanka]]
* ''[[Uroballus kinabalu]]'' Logunov, 2018 — [[Borneo]]
* ''[[Uroballus koponeni]]'' Logunov, 2014 — [[Borneo]]
* ''[[Uroballus nazirwanii]]'' (Prajapati, Malamel & Sebastian, 2020) — India
* ''[[Uroballus octovittatus]]'' Simon, 1902 — Sri Lanka
* ''[[Uroballus peckhami]]'' [[Marek Michał Żabka|Zabka]], 1985 — [[Vietnam]]

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. ''Malaysian Nature Society'', Kuala Lumpur.

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[[Category:Salticidae]]
[[Category:Salticidae genera]]
[[Category:Spiders of Asia]]

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