Paraphidippus

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Paraphidippus
Paraphidippus aurantius 1.jpg
Paraphidippus aurantius
Scientific classification e
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

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]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology


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