The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/35168

Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951)

FAMILY: SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841
    Genus: Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885
        Species: Paradamoetas fontanus (Levi, 1951)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  jumping spiders
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA, Canada

Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:‡  stalkers
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms†

Icius fontanus Levi 1951
Paradamoetas fontanus Levi 1951
Icius fontanus Levi & Field 1954
Eris frontosus Prószynski 1976
Paradamoetas fontanus Richman & Cutler 1978
Paradamoetas fontana Cutler 1981
Paradamoetas fontana Maddison 1996

Taxonomic References†

Cutler, B. 1981. A revision of the spider genus Paradamoetas (Araneae, Salticidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 170: 207-215.

Levi, H. W. 1951. New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. Am. Mus. Novit. 1501: 1-41.

Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.

Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 154: 215-368.

Prószynski, J. 1976. Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodzina Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego. Wyzsza Szkola Pedagogiczna Siedlcach 6: 1-260.

Richman, D. B. & B. Cutler. 1978. A list of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the United States and Canada. Peckhamia 1: 82-110.

†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/SALTICIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Paradamoetas Peckham & Peckham, 1885‡‡

P. formicinus Peckham & Peckham, 1885 ...............USA to Nicaragua

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution