Paraphidippus
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Paraphidippus
| image = Paraphidippus_aurantius_1.jpg
| image_caption = Paraphidippus aurantius
| authority = F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
| type_species = P. laniipes
| type_species_authority = F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 14, see text
}}
Paraphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.{{citation| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=F. O.| year=1901| contribution=Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones| title=Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology| author-link=Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge}} The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" ({{lang|grc|παρά}}), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Phidippus.
Species
{{as of|2019|08}} it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Paraphidippus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901| 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/2858| doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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
References
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Category:Spiders of North America
Category:Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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