Paradamoetas

Paradamoetas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Paradamoetas
Type species
Paradamoetas formicinus
Peckham & Peckham, 1885
Species

see text

Diversity
4 species

Paradamoetas is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).[1]

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Damoetas.

Species

  • Paradamoetas carus (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – Mexico to El Salvador
  • Paradamoetas changuinola Cutler, 1982Panama
  • Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951) – United States, Canada
  • Paradamoetas formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 – USA to Nicaragua

References

  1. "Paradamoetas". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 17 August 2017.


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