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A compilation of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from the Miocene amber of Chiapas, southwestern Mexico is provided. A total of 65 new fossil records are enumerated, of which three are members of the subfamily Lyssomaninae, five of the subfamily Spartaeinae, and 57 of the subfamily Salticinae, including a new record of the subtribe Freyina and 19 new records of the tribe Dendryphantini, ten of which are from the subtribe Marpissina and four of the subtribe Dendryphantina. In addition, based on recent changes in the salticid taxonomy, Maevia eurekaRiquelme & MenéNdez-Acuña, 2017 is transferred to the genus ParamaeviaBarnes, 1955. The fossil record of jumping spiders in Mexico is the earliest known in the southernmost part of North America. Accordingly, the new records help to understand current distribution patterns of the family Salticidae in North America and the Neotropics.
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