| Paralarinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Paralarinia Grasshoff, 1970 [1] |
| Type species | |
| P. denisi (Lessert, 1938) | |
| Species | |
4, see text | |
Paralarinia is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by M. Grasshoff in 1970. [2]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains four species: [1]
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