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.
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| P. castanea, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Plectreuridae |
| Genus: | Plectreurys Simon, 1893[1] |
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| P. tristis Simon, 1893
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Species edit
As of June 2019[update] 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 edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Plectreurys Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
- ^ 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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