Parafluda
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| Parafluda banksi Chickering, 1946 |
Parafluda is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Its only described species, Parafluda banksi, is found from Panama to Argentina.
[edit] Name
The genus name is combined from Greek para "alongside" and the salticid genus Fluda (see also Pseudofluda). The species is named in honor of arachnologist Nathan Banks.
[edit] References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
