Plesiophantes

Plesiophantes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Plesiophantes ; Heimer, 1981
Type species
	P. joosti ; Heimer, 1981
Species
	3, see text

Last updated January 25, 2026

Plesiophantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. Heimer in 1981.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains three species:^[1]

Plesiophantes joosti Heimer, 1981 (type) – Russia, Georgia, Turkey
Plesiophantes simplex Tanasevitch, 1987 – Georgia
Plesiophantes tanasevitchi Wunderlich, 2011 – Russia

References

1 2 "Gen. Plesiophantes Heimer, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-23.
↑ Heimer, S. (1981). "Plesiophantes joosti gen. et sp. n. (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Reichenbachia. 19: 197–201.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 "Gen. Plesiophantes Heimer, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-06-23.

[Heim1981-2] Heimer, S. (1981). "Plesiophantes joosti gen. et sp. n. (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Reichenbachia. 19: 197–201.

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