{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Paraplectana.tsushimensis.female.-.tanikawa.jpg | image_caption = Female ''P. tsushimensis'' | image2 = Paraplectana thorntoni 173270576.jpg | image2_caption = ''P. thorntoni'' | taxon = Paraplectana | authority = Brito Capello, 1867<ref name=wsc /> | type_species = ''P. thorntoni'' | type_species_authority = (Blackwall, 1865) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 13, see text }}
'''''Paraplectana''''' is a genus of Asian and African orb-weaver spiders first described by F. de Brito Capello in 1867.<ref name=Brit1867 />
==Description== <gallery mode=packed heights=140px> Paraplectana 304673312 549272813.jpg|''Paraplectana'' sp. from South Africa Paraplectana 304673312 549273176.jpg Paraplectana 304673312 549273258.jpg| </gallery> {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}} ''Paraplectana'' is distinguished by its round body and bright colour. Total length is 11–16 mm in females. In contrast with the uniformly pale brown carapace, the abdomen is shiny with bright red, yellow or orange patches on a dark background, resembling a ladybird beetle. The round abdomen almost completely covers the carapace. Their thin legs are arranged around the carapace.<ref name="dippenaar2022" />
Males are still unknown for the genus.<ref name="dippenaar2022" />
==Species== <gallery mode=packed heights=140px> Paraplectana rajashree 99154463.jpg|''P. rajashree'' from India </gallery> {{as of|2025|9}}, this genus includes thirteen species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Paraplectana coccinella'' <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Myanmar, Indonesia (Nias Is.) * ''Paraplectana duodecimmaculata'' <small>Simon, 1897</small> – Indonesia (Java) * ''Paraplectana gravelyi'' <small>(Tikader, 1961)</small> – India * ''Paraplectana hemisphaerica'' <small>(C. L. Koch, 1844)</small> – Sierra Leone * ''Paraplectana kittenbergeri'' <small>Caporiacco, 1947</small> – Tanzania * ''Paraplectana magnaculata'' <small>Lin & Li, 2022</small> – China * ''Paraplectana mamoniae'' <small>Basumatary & Brahma, 2019</small> – India, China * ''Paraplectana multimaculata'' <small>Thorell, 1899</small> – Cameroon, East Africa * ''Paraplectana rajashree'' <small>Ahmed, Sumukha, Khalap, Mohan & Jadhav, 2015</small> – India * ''Paraplectana sakaguchii'' <small>Uyemura, 1938</small> – China, Korea, Japan * ''Paraplectana thorntoni'' <small>(Blackwall, 1865)</small> – Africa, Madagascar, Yemen (type species) * ''Paraplectana tsushimensis'' <small>Yamaguchi, 1960</small> – China, Taiwan, Japan * ''Paraplectana walleri'' <small>(Blackwall, 1865)</small> – West, Central, Southern Africa, Madagascar {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/373 | title=Genus Paraplectana | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=26 September 2025}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2022">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | last5=Webb | first5=P. | year=2022 | title=The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U) | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=24, 30 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.6326991}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name=Brit1867>{{cite journal |last=Brito Capello |first=F. de |year=1867 |title=Descripçao de algunas especies novas ou pouco conhecidas de Crustaceo e Arachnidios de Portugal e possessoes portuguezas do Ultramar |journal=Memorias da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa |pages=1–17 |volume=4 |series=New Series |issue=1}}</ref> }}
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Category:Araneidae Category:Araneidae genera Category:Spiders of Africa Category:Spiders of Asia
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