Paradonea

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

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

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


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