Pararaneus

Pararaneus is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1940.

Species
it contains five species:
 * Pararaneus cyrtoscapus (Pocock, 1898) – Central, East, Southern Africa, Socotra
 * Pararaneus perforatus (Thorell, 1899) – Central, East, Southern Africa
 * Pararaneus pseudostriatus (Strand, 1908) – Central, East Africa
 * Pararaneus spectator (Karsch, 1885) – Africa, Middle East
 * Pararaneus uncivulva (Strand, 1907) – Madagascar