Plectophanes

Plectophanes
Plectophanes sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cycloctenidae
Genus:	Plectophanes Bryant, 1935 [1]
Type species
P. frontalis Bryant, 1935
Species
5, see text

Plectophanes is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1935. ^[2]

Species

As of May 2019 ^[update] it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: ^[1]

• Plectophanes altus Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Plectophanes archeyi Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Plectophanes frontalis Bryant, 1935 (type) – New Zealand
• Plectophanes hollowayae Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Plectophanes pilgrimi Forster, 1964 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Plectophanes Bryant, 1935". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-05-31.
2. Bryant, E. B. (1935). "Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 4: 71–94.