Paraplexippus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Paraplexippus

| authority = Franganillo, 1930

| type_species = P. sexsignatus

| type_species_authority = Franganillo, 1930

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| P. quadrisignatus|Franganillo, 1930Cuba

| P. sexsignatus|Franganillo, 1930 – Cuba}}

}}

Paraplexippus is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by P. Franganillo B. in 1930.{{cite book| last=Franganillo B.| first=P.| year=1930| title=Memorias del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas| publisher=Arácnidos de Cuba: Mas arácnidos nuevos de la Isla de Cuba| volume=1| pages=47–99}} {{as of|2019|08}} it contains only two species, found only on the Greater Antilles: P. quadrisignatus and P. sexsignatus.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Paraplexippus Franganillo, 1930| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-09-08| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2861| 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 Plexippus.

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