''Paraplectana'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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''
( Tikader, 1961) – India
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Paraplectana hemisphaerica''
( C. L. Koch, 1844) – Sierra Leone
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Paraplectana kittenbergeri''
Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
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Paraplectana multimaculata''
Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon, East Africa
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Paraplectana rajashree''
Ahmed, Sumukha, Khalap, Mohan & Jadhav, 2015 – India
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Paraplectana sakaguchii''
Uyemura, 1938 – China, Korea, Japan
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Paraplectana thorntoni''
(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''
Yamaguchi, 1960 – China, Taiwan, Japan
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Paraplectana walleri''
(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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