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[1]
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.[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

  1. 1 2 "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


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