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Paradamoetas

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Paradamoetas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Damoetas.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Paradamoetas is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to United States, Salticidae and Mexico.

It sits within the topics Salticidae, Salticidae genera and Spiders of North America.

Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySalticidae
Observations recorded45

Paradamoetas (лат.) — род аранеоморфных пауков из подсемейства Dendryphantinae в семействе пауков-скакунов (Salticidae). Представители рода распространены в Центральной и Северной Америке.

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11
Family
Salticidae
Collections
NMSU, NAUF
Recorded in
United States

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Paradamoetas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Damoetas.

==Species== it contains four species, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico and across parts of Central America: Paradamoetas carus (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador Paradamoetas changuinola Cutler, 1982 – Panama Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951) – US, Canada Paradamoetas formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (type) – US, Mexico, Guatemala to Nicaragua

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