Paradonea

Short description: Genus of spiders

Paradonea

P. presleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Chelicerata
Class:  | Arachnida
Order:  | Araneae
Infraorder:  | Araneomorphae
Family:  | Eresidae
Genus:  | Paradonea
Lawrence, 1968[1]
Type species
P. striatipes

Lawrence, 1968

Species

5, see text

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

## Species

As of May 2019[update] 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Paradonea Lawrence, 1968. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/853. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
2. ↑ Lawrence, R. F. (1968). "Four new spiders from southern Africa (Araneae).". Annals of the Natal Museum 20: 109–121.

## External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2598309 entry

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