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Propostira
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Propostira

Propostira is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. As of June 2020 it contains two species, found in Sri Lanka and India: P. quadrangulata and P. ranii.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Four-spotted Ant Mimic

speciesPropostira quadrangulata

Propostira ranii

speciesPropostira ranii

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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 419557.