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Parajotus

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Parajotus
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

Parajotus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903.[2] As of August 2019 it contains only three species, found only in Africa: P. cinereus, P. obscurofemoratus, and P. refulgens.[1] The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the related genus Jotus.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Parajotus Peckham & Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ 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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