''Paraplectana'' is a
genus
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of Asian and African
orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
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Paraplectana coccinella''
( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
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Paraplectana duodecimmaculata''
Simon
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, 1897 – Indonesia (Java)
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Paraplectana gravelyi
''Paraplectana'' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
*'' Paraplectana coccinella'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
*'' Para ...
''
( Tikader, 1961) – India
*''
Paraplectana hemisphaerica''
(C. L. Koch
Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...
, 1844) – Sierra Leone
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Paraplectana kittenbergeri
''Paraplectana'' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
*'' Paraplectana coccinella'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
*'' Para ...
''
Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On t ...
, 1947 – Tanzania
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Paraplectana multimaculata
''Paraplectana'' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
*'' Paraplectana coccinella'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
*'' Para ...
''
Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon, East Africa
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Paraplectana rajashree
''Paraplectana rajashree'' is a species of ladybird-mimicking spider described in 2015 from the Western Ghats of Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed ...
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Ahmed, Sumukha, Khalap, Mohan & Jadhav, 2015 – India
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Paraplectana sakaguchii
''Paraplectana'' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
*'' Paraplectana coccinella'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
*'' Para ...
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Uyemura, 1938 – China, Korea, Japan
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Paraplectana thorntoni
''Paraplectana'' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
*'' Paraplectana coccinella'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
*'' Para ...
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(Blackwall, 1865) – Central Africa, Yemen
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Paraplectana t. occidentalis''
Strand
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, 1916 – West, Central Africa
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Paraplectana tsushimensis
''Paraplectana tsushimensis'' is a spider in the orb-weaver spider, orb-weaver family, Araneidae, native to China, Japan, and Taiwan. It is commonly called the ladybird mimic spider.
The species belongs to the genus ''Paraplectana''. The scienti ...
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Yamaguchi, 1960 – China, Taiwan, Japan
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Paraplectana walleri
''Paraplectana'' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
*'' Paraplectana coccinella'' ( Thorell, 1890) – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.)
*'' Para ...
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(Blackwall, 1865) – West, Central Africa, Madagascar
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Paraplectana w. ashantensis''
Strand, 1907 – Ghana
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
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