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Parajotus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903.

Species

GENUS

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

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
Family
Salticidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI
Recorded in
South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia

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Parajotus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903.

==Etymology== The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the related genus Jotus.

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