Plectophanes Explained

Plectophanes is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1935.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, all found in New Zealand:^[2]

• Plectophanes altus Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Plectophanes archeyi Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Plectophanes frontalis Bryant, 1935 (type) – New Zealand
• Plectophanes hollowayae Forster, 1964 – New Zealand
• Plectophanes pilgrimi Forster, 1964 – New Zealand

Notes and References

1. Bryant. E. B.. 1935. Some new and little known species of New Zealand spiders.. Records of the Canterbury Museum. 71–94. 4.
2. Gen. Plectophanes Bryant, 1935. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-31. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.