Plectochetos

Plectochetos
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Anapidae
Genus: Plectochetos
Butler, 1932
Species:
P. longisissimus
Binomial name
Plectochetos longisissimus
Butler, 1932[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Micropholcomma longissimum Butler, 1932

Plectochetos is a genus of Anapidae first described by Butler in 1932, found from Queensland (Australia) to Tasmania.[1]

It was removed from the synonym of Micropholcomma Crosby & Bishop, 1927 by Eskov and Marusik, 2024.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Plectochetos Butler, 1932". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  2. ^ Eskov, K. Y.; Marusik, Y. M. (2024). "A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in araneoid spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the superfamily Araneoidea (Arachnida, Araneae)". ZooKeys (1219): 1–60. Bibcode:2024ZooK.1219....1E. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1219.133002. PMC 11615620. PMID 39639957.