Paradonea Explained

Paradonea is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.^[1]

Species

it contains five species:^[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

Notes and References

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