Paracedicus

Paracedicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Paracedicus; Fet, 1993
Type species
	P. ephthalitus; (Fet, 1993)
Species
	7, see text

Paracedicus is a genus of Asian araneomorph spiders in the family Desidae first described by Victor R. Fet in 1993.² First placed as a subgenus of Cedicus, it was elevated to genus status in 2003.³

Species

As of November 2024 it contains eight species:¹

Paracedicus baram Levy, 2007 – Israel
Paracedicus darvishi Mirshamsi, 2018 – Iran
Paracedicus ephthalitus (Fet, 1993) (type) – Turkmenistan
Paracedicus feti Marusik & Guseinov, 2003 – Azerbaijan
Paracedicus gennadii (Fet, 1993) – Iran, Turkmenistan
Paracedicus geshur Levy, 2007 – Israel
Paracedicus kasatkini Zamani & Marusik, 2017 – Iran
Paracedicus turcicus Gündüz, 2023 – Turkey

References

"Gen. Paracedicus Fet, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
Fet, V. (1993). "The spider genus Cedicus Simon 1875 (Arachnida Aranei Agelenidae) from Middle Asia". Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (1): 69–75.
Marusik, Y. M.; Guseinov, E. (2003). "Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 1. New family and genus records". Arthropoda Selecta. 12: 32.

[NMBE-1] "Gen. Paracedicus Fet, 1993". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.

[Fet1993-2] Fet, V. (1993). "The spider genus Cedicus Simon 1875 (Arachnida Aranei Agelenidae) from Middle Asia". Arthropoda Selecta. 2 (1): 69–75.

[Maru2003-3] Marusik, Y. M.; Guseinov, E. (2003). "Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Azerbaijan. 1. New family and genus records". Arthropoda Selecta. 12: 32.

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