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Paradiestus

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Paradiestus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Corinnidae
Genus: Paradiestus
Mello-Leitão, 1915[1]
Type species
P. aurantiacus
Mello-Leitão, 1915
Species

5, see text

Paradiestus is a genus of South American corinnid sac spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1915.[2] It was considered a synonym of Corinna from 1925[3] to 2000.[4]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains five species, all found in Brazil:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paradiestus Mello-Leitão, 1915". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  2. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1915). "Alguns generos e especies novas de araneidos do Brasil". Brotéria (Ser. Zool.). 13: 129–142.
  3. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1925). "Pequenas notas arachnologicas". Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 1: 455.
  4. ^ Bonaldo, A. B. (2000). "Taxonomia da subfamília Corinninae (Araneae, Corinnidae) nas regiões Neotropica e Neárctica". Iheringia, Série Zoologia. 89: 60.