Zygoballus nervosus is a species of jumping spider which occurs in the eastern United States and Canada.

[5] Later records report the species from Georgia,[6] Florida,[7] Minnesota,[8] eastern and central Texas,[9][10] Ohio,[11] Kansas, Louisiana, and Quebec.

The male Zygoballus nervosus can be distinguished from Z. sexpunctatus by its lack of a large spot of white scales at the beginning of the thoracic slope.

It also lacks the thick covering of white scales on the sides of the carapace which extend from the clypeus to beyond the posterior median eyes in Z.

[2] The ocular area occupies nearly three-fifths of the length of the cephalothorax and is widest at the posterior lateral eyes (PLE).