''Paradictyna rufoflava'' is a spider of the genus ''

Paradictyna ''Paradictyna'' is a genus of South Pacific cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970. it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, ...

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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. It is a cribellate (hackled band-producing)

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

of the

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Dictynidae. According to ''Spiders of New Zealand and Their Worldwide Kin'', ''P. rufoflava'' is a hunting spider of variable colouring found in forests.

References

* (1946): Revision of the Araneae of New Zealand. Part II. ''Rec. Auckland Inst. Mus.'' 3: 85-97.
List of invertebrates on Mokoia Island, Lake Rotorua
Ecological Research Associates of New Zealand Inc. * Forster, Raymond Robert and Lyndsay McLaren Forster, (2005-09-23) ''Spiders of New Zealand and Their Worldwide Kin''. Otago University Press. * (2009)

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