Paraphidippus

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.

Paraphidippus
Paraphidippus aurantius
Scientific classification
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

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. "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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