''Paracedicus'' is a
genus
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of
Asia
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n
araneomorph
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spiders in the family
Cybaeidae
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Genera
, the World Spider Cata ...
, and was first described by Victor R. Fet in 1993.
First placed as a subgenus of ''
Cedicus'', it was elevated to genus status in 2003.
Species
it contains seven species:
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Paracedicus baram''
Levy, 2007 – Israel
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Paracedicus darvishi''
Mirshamsi, 2018 – Iran
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Paracedicus ephthalitus''
(Fet, 1993) (
type) – Turkmenistan
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Paracedicus feti''
Marusik & Guseinov, 2003 – Azerbaijan
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Paracedicus gennadii''
(Fet, 1993) – Iran, Turkmenistan
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Paracedicus geshur''
Levy, 2007 – Israel
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Paracedicus kasatkini''
Zamani & Marusik, 2017 – Iran
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cybaeidae
Spiders of Asia
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