Paradamoetas

Updated on Dec 10, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Salticidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Subfamily Dendryphantinae
Similar Rhetenor, Phanias, Cheliferoides

Paradamoetas is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Damoetas.

Paradamoetas carus (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Mexico to El Salvador

Paradamoetas changuinola Cutler, 1982 — Panama

Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951) — United States, Canada

Paradamoetas formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — USA to Nicaragua

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