Parajotus
| Parajotus | |
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| P. obscurofemoratus | |
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| P. refulgens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Parajotus Peckham & Peckham, 1903[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. obscurofemoratus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 | |
| Species | |
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Parajotus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the related genus Jotus.
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes three species:[1]
- Parajotus cinereus Wesołowska, 2004 – Guinea, Rep. Congo, Uganda
- Parajotus obscurofemoratus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa (type species)
- Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Gen. Parajotus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-17.
- ↑ Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14: 173–278.
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