| Phintella parva | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Phintella |
| Species: | P. parva
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| Binomial name | |
| Phintella parva (Wesołowska, 1981)
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Phintella parva is a species of jumping spider in the genus Phintella that lives in China, Japan, Korea and Russia. The spider is yellow in colour and small, measuring between 3.5 and 4 mm (0.14 and 0.16 in) in body length. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the female being slightly larger than the male. The abdomen has a striped pattern and the carapace has circular markings, but the most significant difference to other members of the genus are its copulatory organs, particularly the short curved embolus in the male and the long straight insemination ducts in the female. The species was first described by Wanda Wesołowska in 1981 based on a specimen collected in North Korea. The spider was originally classified within the genus Icius under the name Icius parvus, but was transferred to its current genus by Jerzy Prószyński in 1983. It was also recognised that other examples of the spider had been previously collected, including, at one time, a description of one found in the Soviet Union published in 1979 without a species name.