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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

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

References

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  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.