Paradiestus
Genus of spiders
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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]
| Paradiestus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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5, see text | |
Species
As of April 2019[update] it contains five species, all found in Brazil:[1]
- Paradiestus aurantiacus Mello-Leitão, 1915 (type) – Brazil
- Paradiestus egregius (Simon, 1896) – Brazil
- Paradiestus giganteus (Karsch, 1880) – Brazil
- Paradiestus penicillatus (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Brazil
- Paradiestus vitiosus (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil