Biology:Plectembolus

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Plectembolus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Linyphiidae
Genus: Plectembolus
Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992[1]
Type species
P. quadriflectus
Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992
Species

5, see text

Plectembolus is a genus of Southeast Asian sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & A. Russell-Smith in 1992.[2]

Species

(As of May 2019) it contains five species, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines , and on the Sumatra:[1]

  • Plectembolus biflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Philippines
  • Plectembolus quadriflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 (type) – Malaysia (mainland), Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Plectembolus quinqueflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Plectembolus similis Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Plectembolus triflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Malaysia

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Plectembolus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1555. Retrieved 2019-06-23. 
  2. Millidge, A. F.; Russell-Smith, A. (1992). "Linyphiidae from rain forests of Southeast Asia". Journal of Natural History 26: 1367–1404. doi:10.1080/00222939200770771. 

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