Plectophanes
Plectophanes sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

5, see text

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

As of May 2019 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

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Plectophanes Bryant, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. ↑ 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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