Plectreurys Explained

Plectreurys is a genus of plectreurid spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1893.^[1] It is one of only two genera in its family.

Species

it contains twenty-three species, found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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. 299–330. 62. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Plectreurys Simon, 1893. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.