Biology:Plesiolena

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Plesiolena
Scientific classification e
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)
  • Goloboff, 1994 Plesiolena jorgelina

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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Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q100908 entry