Paraphidippus
# Paraphidippus

Paraphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Phidippus.

## Species

As of August 2019 it contains fourteen species, found in Central America, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:

* Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833) – USA to Panama, Greater Antilles
* Paraphidippus basalis (Banks, 1904) – USA
* Paraphidippus disjunctus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico to Costa Rica
* Paraphidippus fartilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – USA to Costa Rica
* Paraphidippus fulgidus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
* Paraphidippus funebris (Banks, 1898) – Mexico to Costa Rica
* Paraphidippus fuscipes (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
* Paraphidippus incontestus (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
* Paraphidippus inermis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico to Costa Rica
* Paraphidippus laniipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type) – Mexico
* Paraphidippus luteus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Honduras, Costa Rica
* Paraphidippus mexicanus (Peckham & Peckham, 1888) – Mexico
* Paraphidippus nigropilosus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico
* Paraphidippus nitens (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Mexico
