Paradonea
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Paradonea
| image = Paradonea_presleyi_body.png
| image_caption = P. presleyi
| type_species = P. striatipes
| type_species_authority = Lawrence, 1968
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 5, see text
}}
Paradonea is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.{{cite journal| last=Lawrence| first=R. F.| year=1968| title=Four new spiders from southern Africa (Araneae).| journal=Annals of the Natal Museum| pages=109–121| volume=20}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains five species:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Paradonea Lawrence, 1968| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-06-03| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/853| doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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
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External links
- {{EOL|111949}}
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