Paradiestus Explained

Paradiestus is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1915.^[1] It was considered a synonym of Corinna from 1925^[2] to 2000.^[3]

Species

it contains five species, all found in Brazil:^[4]

• Paradiestus aurantiacus Mello-Leitão, 1915 (type) – Brazil
• Paradiestus egregius (Simon, 1896) – Brazil
• Paradiestus giganteus (Karsch, 1880) – Brazil
• Paradiestus penicillatus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Brazil
• Paradiestus vitiosus (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1915. Alguns generos e especies novas de araneidos do Brasil.. Brotéria (Ser. Zool.). 129–142. 13.
2. Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1925. Pequenas notas arachnologicas. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 1. 455.
3. Bonaldo. A. B.. 2000. Taxonomia da subfamília Corinninae (Araneae, Corinnidae) nas regiões Neotropica e Neárctica. Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 89. 60.
4. Gen. Paradiestus Mello-Leitão, 1915. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-21. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.