Paidiscura is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.
Species
it contains four species, found in Asia, Africa, and Europe:
- Paidiscura dromedaria <small>(Simon, 1880)</small> â Cape Verde Is., Spain, France, Italy, Greece, North Africa to Middle East
- Paidiscura orotavensis <small>(Schmidt, 1968)</small> â Canary Is., Madeira
- Paidiscura pallens <small>(Blackwall, 1834)</small> (type) â Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
- Paidiscura subpallens <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> â China, Korea, Japan
Formerly included:
- P. genistae <small>(Simon, 1873)</small> (Transferred to Theridion)
- P. genistae <small>(Charitonov, 1946)</small> (Transferred to Theridion)
- P. musiva <small>(Simon, 1873)</small> (Transferred to Ruborridion)
- P. pinicola <small>(Simon, 1873)</small> (Transferred to Theridion)
In synonymy:
- P. bigibba <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912)</small> = Paidiscura dromedaria <small>(Simon, 1880)</small>
- P. caboverdensis <small>(Schmidt & Piepho, 1994)</small> = Paidiscura dromedaria <small>(Simon, 1880)</small>
- P. caninotata <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> = Paidiscura subpallens <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small>
- P. mirabilis <small>(Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991)</small> = Paidiscura subpallens <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small>
- P. palustre <small>)</small> = Paidiscura dromedaria <small>(Simon, 1880)</small>
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