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279:World Spider Catalog
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302:Herennia deelemanae
288:Herennia agnarssoni
249:Herennia Etruscilla
888:Spiders of Oceania
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233:Nephilengys
96:Chelicerata
92:Subphylum:
873:Nephilidae
867:Categories
618:2011-05-16
486:2023-08-23
453:References
433:, Sulawesi
431:Kalimantan
390:, Borneo,
366:New Guinea
202:Nephilidae
181:11 species
136:Nephilidae
86:Arthropoda
238:pedipalps
174:Diversity
167:See text
106:Arachnida
72:Kingdom:
66:Eukaryota
707:BioLib:
700:Herennia
687:Herennia
673:Herennia
658:Q2128488
652:Wikidata
643:Herennia
605:54037236
508:Herennia
474:Herennia
392:Sulawesi
217:invasive
190:Herennia
161:Species
147:Herennia
132:Family:
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352:Sumatra
263:Species
225:endemic
197:in the
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142:Genus:
116:Araneae
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211:While
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