Paraphidippus

Paraphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Phidippus.

==Species== it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles: 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