Paradonea
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Paradonea | |
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| P. presleyi | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| 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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ 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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