Paradamoetas

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Paradamoetas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Paradamoetas
Peckham & Peckham, 1885[1]
Type species
P. formicinus
Peckham & Peckham, 1885
Species

4, see text

Paradamoetas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885.[2] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Damoetas.

Species

As of June 2023 it contains four species, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico and across parts of Central America:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885". World Spider Catalog Version 24.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
  2. ^ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatemala". Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1885: 62–86.