Parnaenus

Parnaenus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1896.^[2] As of August 2019^[update] it contains only three species, found only in South America, El Salvador, and Guatemala: P. cuspidatus, P. cyanidens, and P. metallicus.^[1]

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Arachnida

Order:Araneae

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Parnaenus
Parnaenus cyanidens
male P. metallicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Parnaenus Peckham & Peckham, 1896[1]
Type species
P. cyanidens (C. L. Koch, 1846)
Species
P. cuspidatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala, El Salvador P. cyanidens (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Guatemala to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana P. metallicus (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil, Argentina

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