Plesiothele
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Hexathelidae
Genus: Plesiothele
Raven, 1978[1]
Species:
P. fentoni
Binomial name
Plesiothele fentoni
(Hickman, 1936)

Plesiothele is a monotypic genus of Australian funnel-web spiders containing the single species, Plesiothele fentoni. It was first described by Robert John Raven in 1978,[2] and has only been found in Australia.[1] Originally placed with the curtain web spiders, it was moved to the Hexathelidae in 1980.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Plesiothele Raven, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  2. ↑ Raven, R. J. (1978). "Systematics of the spider subfamily Hexathelinae (Dipluridae: Mygalomorphae: Arachnida)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 65 (Suppl): 1–75.
  3. ↑ Raven, R. J. (1980). "The evolution and biogeography of the mygalomorph spider family Hexathelidae (Araneae, Chelicerata)". Journal of Arachnology. 8: 256.


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