Parajotus

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

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. obscurofemoratus Peckham & Peckham, 1903 P. refulgens Wesolowska, 2000

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