# Paradamoetas

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***Paradamoetas*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [George and Elizabeth Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham) in 1885.[2] The name is a combination of the [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) "[para](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC)" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus *[Damoetas](/source/Damoetas)*.

## Species

As of June 2023 it contains four species, found in [Canada](/source/Canada), the [United States](/source/United_States), [Mexico](/source/Mexico) and across parts of [Central America](/source/Central_America):[1]

- *[Paradamoetas carus](/source/Paradamoetas_carus)* (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – [Mexico](/source/Mexico), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala), [Honduras](/source/Honduras) and [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador)
- *[Paradamoetas changuinola](/source/Paradamoetas_changuinola)* Cutler, 1982 – [Panama](/source/Panama)
- *[Paradamoetas fontanus](/source/Paradamoetas_fontanus)* ([Levi](/source/Herbert_Walter_Levi), 1951) – [US](/source/US), [Canada](/source/Canada)
- *[Paradamoetas formicinus](/source/Paradamoetas_formicinus)* Peckham & Peckham, 1885 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – [US](/source/US), [Mexico](/source/Mexico), [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala) to [Nicaragua](/source/Nicaragua)

## References

1. ["Gen. Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2849). *World Spider Catalog Version 24.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2023-06-22.

1. Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1885). "On some new genera and species of Attidae from the eastern part of Guatemala". *Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin*. **1885**: 62–86.

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