Plesiophantes

Plesiophantes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Plesiophantes Heimer, 1981[1]
Type species
P. joosti Heimer, 1981
Species
3, see text

Plesiophantes is a genus of sheet weavers that was first described by S. Heimer in 1981.[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains three species:[1]

• Plesiophantes joosti Heimer, 1981 (type) – Russia, Georgia, Turkey
• Plesiophantes simplex Tanasevitch, 1987 – Georgia
• Plesiophantes tanasevitchi Wunderlich, 2011 – Russia

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Plesiophantes Heimer, 1981". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
2. Heimer, S. (1981). "Plesiophantes joosti gen. et sp. n. (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae)". Reichenbachia. 19: 197–201.