Plesiolena
| Plesiolena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Actinopodidae |
| Genus: | Plesiolena Goloboff & Platnick, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| P. bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) | |
| Species | |
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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, and it has only been found in Chile. The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena. As of October 2026[update] it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Plesiolena Goloboff & Platnick, 1987". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- 1 2 Goloboff, P. A.; Platnick, N. I. (1987). "A review of the Chilean spiders of the superfamily Migoidea (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)". American Museum Novitates (2888): 1–15.
Further reading
- Goloboff, P. A. (1994). "Migoidea de Chile, nuevas o poco conocidas (Araneae: Mygalomorphae)". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 53: 65–74.
- Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.
- Raven, R. J. (1984). "Systematics and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Migidae (Araneae) in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 32 (3): 379–390. doi:10.1071/ZO9840379.
- Legendre, Roland; Calderón-Gonzalez, Raul (1984). "Liste systématique des araignées mygalomorphes du Chili". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 6 (A): 1021–1065. doi:10.5962/p.285897.
- Zapfe, H. (1961). "La familia Migidae en Chile". Investigaciones Zoológicas Chilenas. 7: 151–157.
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