Paradonea

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Paradonea
Paradonea presleyi body.png
P. presleyi
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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

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

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Species

As of May 2019 it contains five species: [1]

<i>Paradonea presleyi</i> species of arachnid

Paradonea presleyi is a species of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae.

Type species term used in zoological nomenclature (also non-officially in botanical nomenclature)

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William Frederick Purcell South African biologist

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References

  1. 1 2 "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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