Paradossenus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903

Cruz, Estevam L., Silva, Da & Lise, Arno A., 2011, The Neotropical spider genus Paradossenus (Araneae, Trechaleidae): a new species, taxonomic notes and new records, Zootaxa 2781, pp. 63-68 : 64

Paradossenus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903

Paradossenus F.O. Pickard-Cambridge 1903: 155 ; Carico 1993: 226; Sierwald 1993: 53; Brescovit et al. 2000: 7. Xingusiella Mello-Leitão 1940: 23 , fig. 1; Sierwald 1990: 51; Sierwald 1993:55; Carico & Silva 2010: 213. Synonymized by Sierwald, 1993.

Magnichela Silva & Lise 2006: 64 . New synonymy.

Diagnosis. This genus resembles Dossenus Simon 1898 in the absence of the ental division ( END) of the retrolateral tibial apophysis (RTA) ( Carico & Silva 2010: figs 6, 12, 22, 26, 31, 44, 48), but can be distinguished by the metatarsi and tarsi of the legs that are straight and neither bent nor flexible as in some other relatively typical trechaleid genera; i.e., Trechalea Thorell 1869 and Hesydrus Simon 1898 . Males are distinguished by the presence of a conspicuous ectal division of the RTA (ECD), which is not divided and is slender, acute and often somewhat curved ( Carico & Silva 2010: figs 6, 12, 22, 26, 31, 44, 48). The female epigynum has a distinct middle field that is situated between a pair of distinct lateral elevations; internally there is wide variation, with the presence of conspicuous spermathecae and the presence of an accessory spermathecae attached to a sclerotized arch with membranous wing-shaped structures (W) ( Carico & Silva 2010: figs 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 33, 37, 42, 46).