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
P. castanea, female
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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As of June 2019 it contains twenty-three species, found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, the United States, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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.