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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Haplogynae
Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Plectreuridae
Genus: Plectreurys
References

Penney, D. 2009: A new spider family record for Hispaniola—a new species of Plectreurys (Araneae: Plectreuridae) in Miocene Dominican amber. Zootaxa, 2144: 65–68. Abstract & excerpt

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.
Species

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

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

References

"Gen. Plectreurys Simon, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
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.

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