Plectreurys

Plectreurys is a genus of plectreurid spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.[2] It is one of only two genera in its family.

Plectreurys
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
P. castanea, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Plectreuridae
Genus: Plectreurys
Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
P. tristis
Simon, 1893
Species

23, see text

Species

As of June 2019 it contains twenty-three species, found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]

  • Plectreurys angela Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys ardea Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys arida Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys bicolor Banks, 1898 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys castanea Simon, 1893 – USA
  • Plectreurys ceralbona Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys conifera Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys deserta Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys globosa Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
  • Plectreurys hatibonico Alayón, 2003 – Cuba
  • Plectreurys janzeni Alayón & Víquez, 2011 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
  • Plectreurys misteca Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys mojavea Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys monterea Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys nahuana Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys oasa Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys paisana Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys schicki Gertsch, 1958 – USA
  • Plectreurys tecate Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys tristis Simon, 1893 (type) – USA, Mexico
  • Plectreurys valens Chamberlin, 1924 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys vaquera Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico
  • Plectreurys zacateca Gertsch, 1958 – Mexico

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Plectreurys Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Simon, E. (1893). "Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 62: 299–330.


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