Paidiscura
# Paidiscura

Paidiscura is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.

## Species

As of May 2020 it contains four species, found in Asia, Africa, and Europe:

* Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880) – Cape Verde Is., Spain, France, Italy, Greece, North Africa to Middle East
* Paidiscura orotavensis (Schmidt, 1968) – Canary Is., Madeira
* Paidiscura pallens (Blackwall, 1834) (type) – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Georgia, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
* Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan

Formerly included:

* P. genistae (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Theridion)
* P. genistae (Charitonov, 1946) (Transferred to Theridion)
* P. musiva (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Ruborridion)
* P. pinicola (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to Theridion)

In synonymy:

* P. bigibba (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
* P. caboverdensis (Schmidt & Piepho, 1994) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
* P. caninotata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) = Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
* P. mirabilis (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991) = Paidiscura subpallens (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
* P. palustre ) = Paidiscura dromedaria (Simon, 1880)
