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Genus: Panaretella (forest huntsman spiders)
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Panaretella
Is a genus of small spiders endemic to the forests from Grahamstown to
northern Kwazulu-Natal. There are five species of forest huntsman spiders.
The retreat is two leaves spun together with silk. Body length 12-18 mm.
They vary from a yellowish to a light reddish brown colour with a distinctive
black mark on either side anterior of the spinnerets.
Species native to southern Africa
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Panaretella distincta
(Pocock, 1896)
South Africa |
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Panaretella immaculata
Lawrence, 1952
South Africa |
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Panaretella minor
Lawrence, 1952
South Africa |
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Panaretella scutata
(Pocock, 1902)
South Africa |
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Panaretella zuluana
Lawrence, 1937
South Africa |
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Text by Norman Larsen © |
