Pachyballus miniscutulus is a species of jumping spider that is native to Ivory Coast and South Africa.
The male has a palpal bulb that has bulges that extend below its cymbium and the female has a heart-shaped epigyne that contains a spade-like or circular section and longer insemination ducts than Pachyballus mombasensis.
A member of the genus Pachyballus, the species was first described in 2020 by Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Konrad Wiśniewski.
Pachyballus miniscutulus is a species of jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae, that was first described by the arachnologists Wanda Wesołowska, Galina Azarkina and Konrad Wiśniewski in 2020.
[6][7] Phylogenetic analysis undertaken by Maddison and Marshall Hedin showed that the genus is closely related to Mantisatta, despite the large physiological differences between them.
[11] The spider's body is divided into two main parts: a round cephalothorax and a larger, wider, and heart-shaped abdomen.
The carapace, the hard upper part of the cephalothorax, is dark brown with black rings around the spider's eyes.
The main parts of its mouthparts, including its labium and maxillae, are also yellowish-brown; however, the spider's chelicerae are dark brown.
The palpal tibia has a single small curved spike, or tibial apophysis, projecting upwards.
The female spider's epigyne, or externally visible copulatory organ, is heart-shaped and has a semi-circular depression that contains a spade-like or circular section.
Although externally the female is similar to Pachyballus mombasensis, particularly the shape of its epigyne, its insemination ducts are longer.