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Genus: Paramaevia Barnes, 1955 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Paramaevia hobbsae (Barnes, 1955)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034383

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Described:

Distribution: USA

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA m - (Barnes, 1955)
Allotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f - (Barnes, 1955)
Paratype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA 1f - (Barnes, 1955)

Taxonomic References

Maevia hobbsi Barnes, 1955: 9, f. 13-15 (Dmf) Original description

Paramaevia hobbsae Barnes, 1958: 49 (T from Maevia)

Paramaevia hobbsae Prószyński, 2017b: 25 (T from Maevia)

References

Barnes, R. D. (1955). North American jumping spiders of the genus Maevia. American Museum Novitates 1746: 1-13. -- Show included taxa

Barnes, R. D. (1958). North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae). American Museum Novitates 1867: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b
2017-09-20	Species transferred to new genus	Prószyński, 2017b		Species transferred from Maevia to Paramaevia