Paraphilaeus
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| taxon = Paraphilaeus daemeli
| authority = (Keyserling, 1883)
| synonyms =
Plexippus daemelii
Trite daemelii
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Paraphilaeus is a genus of the jumping spiders found in Queensland and New South Wales. It contains only one species, Paraphilaeus daemeli.{{cite web|title=Salticidae| website=World Spider Catalog| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| access-date=2017-04-19| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2859}} Though it has been known for a long time, in 2003, closer investigation showed that it represents a new genus and is neither related to Plexippus nor Trite. The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Philaeus.
They are 4–6 mm in length. The male palpal bulb has a very elongate cymbium, its outer half distinctly curved. The embolus is very long, passing across the ventral surface of the tegulum and along the edge of cymbium.
References
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- {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
- {{aut|Zabka, Marek}} (2003): [https://web.archive.org/web/20110721115223/http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/Zabkaworks/AUParaphilaeus.pdf Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, Xvii. Paraphilaeus, A New Genus From Australia] ANNALES ZOOLOGICI (Warszawa), 2003, 53(4): 489-507.
- {{aut|Whyte, Robert}} (2010) [http://saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=2241 Paraphilaeus daemeli (Keyserling, 1883) Daemel's Trite description and photos, including male and female genitalia.]
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Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera
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