Parajotus

Parajotus
P. obscurofemoratus
P. refulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Parajotus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 [1]
Type species
P. obscurofemoratus Peckham & Peckham, 1903
Species
P. cinereus Wesolowska, 2004 P. obscurofemoratusPeckham & Peckham, 1903 P. refulgensWesolowska, 2000

Parajotus is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1903. ^[2]

Etymology

The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (παρά), meaning "alongside", and the related genus Jotus .

Species

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this genus includes three species: ^[1]

• Parajotus cinereus Wesołowska, 2004 – Guinea, Rep. Congo, Uganda
• Parajotus obscurofemoratus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa (type species)
• Parajotus refulgens Wesołowska, 2000 – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, DR Congo, Botswana, Zimbabwe

References

1. "Gen. Parajotus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-17.
2. Peckham, G. W.; Peckham, E. G. (1903). "New species of the family Attidae from South Africa, with notes on the distribution of the genera found in the Ethiopian region". Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. 14: 173–278.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Parajotus at iNaturalist

• Photograph of P. cinereus