Paidiscura

Paidiscura
Paidiscura pallens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Paidiscura
Archer, 1950[1]
Type species
P. pallens
(Blackwall, 1834)
Species

4, see text

Paidiscura is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.[2]

Species

As of May 2020 it contains four species, found in Asia, Africa, and Europe:[1]

Formerly included:

  • P. genistae (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Theridion)
  • P. genistae (Charitonov, 1946) (Transferred to Theridion)
  • P. musiva (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Ruborridion)
  • P. pinicola (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Theridion)

In synonymy:

  • P. bigibba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
  • P. caboverdensis (Schmidt & Piepho, 1994) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
  • P. caninotata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
  • P. mirabilis (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991) = Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
  • P. palustre ) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paidiscura Archer, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 30: 1–40.

Further reading

  • Knoflach, B.; Thaler, K. (2000). "Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - I". Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana. 78: 411–442.
  • Wunderlich, J. (1987). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops, Langen. p. 435.
  • Le Peru, B. (2011). "The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae". Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 2: 1–522.
  • Wunderlich, J. (2008). "On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa". Beiträge zur Araneologie. 5: 819–859.
  • Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. p. 640.


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