Paramito

Paramito is an Ecuadoran genus of spiders in the family Hahniidae.^[2]

Paramito
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Hahniidae
Subfamily:	Hahniinae
Genus:	Paramito Dupérré & Tapia, 2024[1]
Type species
P. papallacta Dupérré & Tapia, 2024
Species
2, see text

Distribution

Both described species are endemic to Ecuador.^[2] The description of this genus marked the first record of Hahniidae in Ecuador.^[1]

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  Diagnostic images of P. papallacta
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  Diagnostic images of P. oyacachi

Etymology

The genus name is a variation of Páramo, the alpine tundra ecosystem where the type species was collected.^[1]

P. papallacta was sampled from near Papallacta, Napo Province. P. oyacachi specimens were found near Oyacachi, a town in Pichincha Province.

Species

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes two species:^[2]

• Paramito oyacachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 – Ecuador
• Paramito papallacta Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 – Ecuador (type species)