Paracedicus Explained

Paracedicus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Victor R. Fet in 1993.^[1] First placed as a subgenus of Cedicus, it was elevated to genus status in 2003.^[2]

Species

it contains seven species:^[3]

• Paracedicus baram Levy, 2007 – Israel
• Paracedicus darvishi Mirshamsi, 2018 – Iran
• Paracedicus ephthalitus (Fet, 1993) (type) – Turkmenistan
• Paracedicus feti Marusik & Guseinov, 2003 – Azerbaijan
• Paracedicus gennadii (Fet, 1993) – Iran, Turkmenistan
• Paracedicus geshur Levy, 2007 – Israel
• Paracedicus kasatkini Zamani & Marusik, 2017 – Iran

Notes and References

1. Fet. V.. 1993. The spider genus Cedicus Simon 1875 (Arachnida Aranei Agelenidae) from Middle Asia.. Arthropoda Selecta. 69–75. 2. 1.
2. Marusik. Y. M.. Guseinov. E.. 2003. Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 1. New family and genus records. Arthropoda Selecta. 12. 32.
3. Gen. Paracedicus Fet, 1993. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.