Pachomius Peckham & Peckham, 1896

Galvis, William, 2018, A new transfer in the genus Pachomius Peckham & Peckham (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillini), Peckhamia 164 (1), pp. 1-4 : 2

Pachomius Peckham & Peckham, 1896

Pachomius Peckham & Peckham, 1896: 80 ; type species Attus dybowskii Taczanowski, 1871 .

Romitia Caporiacco, 1947 ; type species Romitia nigra Caporiacco, 1947 . Synonymized by Edwards (2015).

Aculeobreda Caporiacco, 1955 ; type species Aculeobreda hadzji Caporiacco, 1955 . Synonymized by Ruiz & Brescovit (2005).

Uspachus Galiano, 1995 ; type species Uspachus misionensis Galiano, 1995 . Synonymized by Edwards (2015). This name was considered by itself a junior synonym of Romitia by Ruiz et al. (2007).

Diagnosis. Males of Pachomius are similar to those of Phiale in the general structure of the pedipalp, but they can be diagnosed by the presence of a distinctive femoral organ on distal prolateral femur of the pedipalp, with a lateral subterminal apophysis (LSA) varying from mostly membranous and lobe-like to sclerotized and spike-like, near (more or less prolateral to) the embolus, usually containing spicules. Female Pachomius have a rather simple epigynum with copulatory openings that are slit-like and situated in shallow atria, while in Phiale they are circular and placed in deeper depressions ( Galiano, 1994; Edwards, 2015).