Paradamoetas | |
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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: |
Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885 [1] |
Type species | |
P. formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885
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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.
As of June 2023 [update] it contains four species, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico and across parts of Central America: [1]
Paradamoetas | |
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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: |
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.
As of June 2023 [update] it contains four species, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico and across parts of Central America: [1]