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Ladybeetle Spiders
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Ladybeetle Spiders

Paraplectana

Paraplectana is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.

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13 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Paraplectana tsushimensis

speciesParaplectana tsushimensis

Pink Ladybeetle Spider

speciesParaplectana thorntoni

Paraplectana rajashree

speciesParaplectana rajashree

Orange Ladybeetle Spider

speciesParaplectana walleri

Paraplectana mamoniae

speciesParaplectana mamoniae

Paraplectana coccinella

speciesParaplectana coccinella

Paraplectana sakaguchii

speciesParaplectana sakaguchii

Paraplectana duodecimmaculata

speciesParaplectana duodecimmaculata

Paraplectana magnaculata

speciesParaplectana magnaculata

Paraplectana gravelyi

speciesParaplectana gravelyi

Paraplectana hemisphaerica

speciesParaplectana hemisphaerica

Paraplectana kittenbergeri

speciesParaplectana kittenbergeri

Paraplectana multimaculata

speciesParaplectana multimaculata

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 333585.