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

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

Species , this genus includes three species:

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

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Photograph of P. cinereus