Paradamoetas is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1885. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "para" (), meaning "alongside", and the salticid genus Damoetas.
Species it contains four species, found in Canada, the United States, Mexico and across parts of Central America: Paradamoetas carus (Peckham & Peckham, 1892) – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador Paradamoetas changuinola Cutler, 1982 – Panama Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951) – US, Canada Paradamoetas formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 (type) – US, Mexico, Guatemala to Nicaragua
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