Paralarinia bartelsi
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| Bartels' Grass Orb-Web Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Paralarinia |
| Species: | P. bartelsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralarinia bartelsi | |
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Paralarinia bartelsi is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.[2] It is commonly known as Bartels' grass orb-web spider and is endemic to South Africa.[3]
Paralarinia bartelsi is a South African endemic originally described by Lessert in 1933 as Larinia bartelsi from Umbilo in KwaZulu-Natal.[3] The species is known from three provinces and occurs in three protected areas, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Isandlwana Nature Reserve and Tsitsikamma National Park, at altitudes ranging from 71 to 1,199 m above sea level.[3]
The species has been recorded from Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, and Western Cape provinces, including locations such as Jeffreys Bay, Durban, Umbilo, Isandlwana Nature Reserve, Mooinooi, De Hoop Nature Reserve, and Tsitsikamma National Park.[3]
