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]
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Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880) – Cape Verde Is., Spain, France, Italy, Greece, North Africa to Middle East
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Paidiscura orotavensis (Schmidt, 1968) – Canary Is., Madeira
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Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
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Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan
Formerly included:
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P. genistae (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Theridion)
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P. genistae (Charitonov, 1946) (Transferred to Theridion)
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P. musiva (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Ruborridion)
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P. pinicola (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Theridion)
In synonymy:
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P. bigibba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
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P. caboverdensis (Schmidt & Piepho, 1994) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
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P. caninotata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
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P. mirabilis (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991) = Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
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P. palustre ) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
See also
References
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^ 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.
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^ 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.
