Paradamoetas
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Paradamoetas is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
[edit] Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Damoetas.
[edit] Species
- Paradamoetas carus (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) — Mexico to El Salvador
- Paradamoetas changuinola Cutler, 1982 — Panama
- Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951) — USA, Canada
- Paradamoetas formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 — USA to Nicaragua
