''Paradonea'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.
Species
it contains five species:
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Paradonea parva
''Paradonea'' is a genus of African velvet spiders that was first described by R. F. Lawrence in 1968.
Species
it contains five species:
*'' Paradonea parva'' (Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
*'' Paradonea presleyi'' Miller, ...
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(Tucker, 1920) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
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Paradonea presleyi''
Miller, Griswold, Scharff, Řezáč, Szűts & Marhabaie, 2012 – Zimbabwe, South Africa
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Paradonea splendens''
(Lawrence, 1936) – Botswana, South Africa
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Paradonea striatipes
''Paradonea'' is a genus of Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it co ...
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Lawrence, 1968 (
type) – Namibia, South Africa
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Paradonea variegata''
( Purcell, 1904) – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
References
External links
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Araneomorphae genera
Eresidae
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