Plectophanes
| Plectophanes | |
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| Plectophanes sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cycloctenidae |
| Genus: | Plectophanes Bryant, 1935[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. frontalis Bryant, 1935
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| Species | |
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Plectophanes is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1935.[2]
Species
[edit]As of May 2019[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:[1]
- Plectophanes altus Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
- Plectophanes archeyi Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
- Plectophanes frontalis Bryant, 1935 (type) – New Zealand
- Plectophanes hollowayae Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
- Plectophanes pilgrimi Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Plectophanes Bryant, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Bryant, E. B. (1935). "Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 4: 71–94.
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