Paradonea

<i>Paradonea</i>

Paradonea

Genus of spiders

Paradonea is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.[2]

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Paradonea parva (Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
  • Paradonea presleyi Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Paradonea splendens (Lawrence, 1936) – Botswana, South Africa
  • Paradonea striatipes Lawrence, 1968 (type) – Namibia, South Africa
  • Paradonea variegata (Purcell, 1904) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa

References

  1. [1]
    "Gen. Paradonea Lawrence, 1968". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. [2]
    Lawrence, R. F. (1968). "Four new spiders from southern Africa (Araneae)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 20: 109–121.
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