Plectreurys

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.

Plectreurys Temporal range: Neogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
P. castanea, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Plectreuridae
Genus:	Plectreurys Simon, 1893[1]
Type species
P. tristis Simon, 1893
Species
23, see text

Species

As of June 2019 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

• List of Plectreuridae species

References

1. "Gen. Plectreurys Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
2. 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.