Paraplectana is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.[2]

Paraplectana
Female Paraplectana tsushimensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Paraplectana
Brito Capello, 1867[1]
Type species
P. thorntoni
(Blackwall, 1865)
Species

13, see text

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains thirteen species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1867". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. ^ Brito Capello, F. de (1867). "Descripçao de algunas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de Crustaceo e Arachnidios de Portugal e possessoes portuguezas do Ultramar". Memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa. New Series. 4 (1): 1–17.