''Pararaneus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Lodovico di Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On the ...
in 1940.
Species
it contains five species:
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Pararaneus cyrtoscapus''
(Pocock, 1898) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Socotra
*''
Pararaneus perforatus''
( Thorell, 1899) – Central, East, Southern Africa
*''
Pararaneus pseudostriatus''
(Strand
Strand or The Strand may refer to:
Topography
*The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
** Beach
** Shoreline
* Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places Africa
* Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
* ...
, 1908) – Central, East Africa
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Pararaneus spectator''
( Karsch, 1885) – Africa, Middle East
*''
Pararaneus uncivulva''
(Strand, 1907) – Madagascar
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
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