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.
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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