Paramarpissa is a genus of North American jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.[2] Originally considered a synonym of Pseudicius, it was separated into its own genus in 1999.[3]

Paramarpissa
Male Paramarpissa tibialis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Paramarpissa
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901[1]
Type species
P. tibialis
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Species

6, see text

Species

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As of August 2019 it contains six species, found only in Mexico and the United States:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paramarpissa F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
  3. ^ Logunov, D. V.; Cutler, B. (1999). "Revision of the genus Paramarpissa F. O. P. -Cambridge, 1901 (Araneae, Salticidae)". Journal of Natural History. 33 (8): 1218. Bibcode:1999JNatH..33.1217L. doi:10.1080/002229399299996.