Parafluda

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Parafluda banksi

| authority = Chickering, 1946

| parent_authority = Chickering, 1946

}}

Parafluda is a monotypic genus of jumping spiders containing the single species, Parafluda banksi. It was first described by Arthur Merton Chickering in 1946,{{cite journal| last=Chickering| first=A. M.| year=1946| title=The Salticidae of Panama| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| pages=1–474| volume=97| author-link=Arthur M. Chickering}} and is only found in Argentina and Panama.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Parafluda Chickering, 1946| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-08| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2851| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}} The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" ({{lang|grc|παρά}}), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Fluda. The species is named in honor of Nathan Banks.