About Paraphilaeus daemeli (Keyserling, 1883)
Paraphilaeus is a genus of jumping spiders that occurs in Queensland and New South Wales. The genus contains only one species, Paraphilaeus daemeli, which was first described in 1883 by Keyserling. Although this species has been known to science for a long time, closer examination conducted in 2003 confirmed that it belongs to its own new genus, and is not closely related to either the genus Plexippus or Trite. The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek word para, meaning "alongside", combined with the name of the salticid spider genus Philaeus. Adults of this species reach a total body length of 4 to 6 mm. In males, the palpal bulb has an notably elongated cymbium, whose outer half is distinctly curved. The embolus is also very long, extending across the ventral surface of the tegulum and running along the edge of the cymbium.
