Paramaevia

Paramaevia is a genus of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae. There are at least three described species in Paramaevia.^[1]

Paramaevia
Paramaevia michelsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Paramaevia Barnes, 1955

Taxonomy

The group was first described as a subgenus of Maevia in 1955, and elevated to a genus in 1958. In 1977, it was reduced to a junior synonym of Maevia. This was rejected by Jerzy Prószyński in 2017.^[1] When included in Maevia, it was placed in the tribe Dendryphantini, part of the Salticoida clade of the subfamily Salticinae.^[2]

Species

These three species belong to the genus Paramaevia:

• Paramaevia hobbsae (Barnes, 1955) ^s
• Paramaevia michelsoni Barnes, 1955 ^{b s}
• Paramaevia poultoni Peckham & Peckham, 1901 ^{b s}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] s = World Spider Catalog,^[1] b = Bugguide.net