Paraphidippus
| Paraphidippus | |
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| Paraphidippus aurantius | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. laniipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 | |
| Species | |
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14, see text | |
Paraphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.[2] 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:[1]
- Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833) – USA to Panama, Greater Antilles
- Paraphidippus basalis (Banks, 1904) – USA
- Paraphidippus disjunctus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Paraphidippus fartilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA to Costa Rica
- Paraphidippus fulgidus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
- Paraphidippus funebris (Banks, 1898) – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Paraphidippus fuscipes (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
- Paraphidippus incontestus (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
- Paraphidippus inermis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Paraphidippus laniipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type) – Mexico
- Paraphidippus luteus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Honduras, Costa Rica
- Paraphidippus mexicanus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – Mexico
- Paraphidippus nigropilosus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
- Paraphidippus nitens (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology