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Genus Paramarpissa

Possible Paramarpissa - Paramarpissa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Genus Paramarpissa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

First described in 1901 by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge

Greek para (παρα) 'beside' + Marpissa: Paramarpissa was said to resemble Marpissa

Numbers

There are 3 species in our area and 6 species total.(1)

Size

5-7 mm(1)

Range

sw. US (TX-CA) and Mexico(1)

P. albopilosa--California east to New Mexico as well as adjacent Mexico(2)

P. griswoldi--California and Mexico(2)

P. piratica--Arizona, New Mexico and Texas south into Mexico (2)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the genus Paramarpissa F.O.P.-Cambridge, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae) D.V. Logunov & B. Cutler. 1999. Journal of Natural History 33(8): 1217-1236.

2.	Salticidae of North America, including Mexico Richman, David B., Bruce Cutler, & David E. Hill. 2012. Peckhamia, 95.3.

Contributed by Jay Barnes on 1 October, 2008 - 8:56pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 30 December, 2022 - 9:30am

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