Parajotus

Taxobox
name = "Parajotus"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Euophryinae
tribus = Saitini
genus = "Parajotus"
genus_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1903
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Parajotus
diversity = 3 species
type_species = "Parajotus obscurofemoratus"
type_species_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1903
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subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Parajotus" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders) with three described species, all from Africa.

Name

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

pecies

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

External links

* [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/parajotu/ciner-ph.htm Photograph of "P. cinereus"]