Parajotus

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Parajotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Euophryinae
Tribe: Saitini
Genus: Parajotus
Peckham & Peckham, 1903
Diversity
3 species
Type species
Parajotus obscurofemoratus
Peckham & Peckham, 1903
Species

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Parajotus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with three described species, all from Africa.

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from Greek para "alongside" and the related genus Jotus.

[edit] Species

  • Parajotus cinereus Wesolowska, 2004 (Congo, Uganda)
  • Parajotus obscurofemoratus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 (South Africa)
  • Parajotus refulgens Wesolowska, 2000 (Zimbabwe)

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