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Genus of spiders

Paraphidippus
Paraphidippus aurantius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Paraphidippus
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Type species
P. laniipes
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Species

14, see text

Paraphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Phidippus.

Species

As of August 2019 it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:

References

  1. ^ "Gen. Paraphidippus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
Taxon identifiers
Paraphidippus


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