Plesiothele
Plesiothele | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Hexathelidae |
Genus: | Plesiothele Raven, 1978[1] |
Species: | P. fentoni
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Binomial name | |
Plesiothele fentoni (Hickman, 1936)
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Plesiothele is a monotypic genus of Australian funnel-web spiders containing the single species, Plesiothele fentoni. It was first described by Robert John Raven in 1978,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Plesiothele Raven, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1978). "Systematics of the spider subfamily Hexathelinae (Dipluridae: Mygalomorphae: Arachnida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 65 (Suppl): 1–75.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology. 8: 256.
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of Tasmania
- Hexathelidae
- Monotypic Mygalomorphae genera
- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Australia
- Mygalomorphae stubs