Ballognatha is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae, with the single species B. typica.

The species and genus were described based on a single immature and misclassified specimen.

It is highly likely that there exists no real species with characters fitting the original description.

[1][2] The genus name is a combination of the related salticid genus Ballus and Ancient Greek gnath- "jaw".

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