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Plesiolena

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Plesiolena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Actinopodidae
Genus: Plesiolena
Goloboff & Platnick, 1987[1]
Type species
P. bonneti
(Zapfe, 1961)
Species
  • Plesiolena bonneti (Zapfe, 1961)
  • Plesiolena jorgelina Goloboff, 1994

Plesiolena is a small genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff and Norman I. Platnick in 1987,[2] and it has only been found in Chile.[1] The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena.[2] As of November 2021 it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Plesiolena Goloboff & Platnick, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  2. ^ a b Goloboff, P. A.; Platnick, N. I. (1987). "A review of the Chilean spiders of the superfamily Migoidea (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". American Museum Novitates (2888): 1–15.

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