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Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico

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Paramarpissa
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Strange elongate salticids of the southwest and Mexico, with very swollen first legs.

Two described species.

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Identification

The first legs are distinctively swollen. The body tends to be hairy.

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Habitat

On tree bark on the arid southwest, especially on mesquite.

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