Plesiopelma

Plesiopelma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Plesiopelma Pocock^[1]
Type species
Plesiopelma myodes
Species
11, see text

Plesiopelma is a genus of spiders in the Theraphosidae family. It was first described in 1901 by Pocock. As of 2017, it contains 11 species.^[1]

Species

Plesiopelma comprises the following species:^[1]

Plesiopelma aspidosperma Ferretti & Barneche, 2013
Plesiopelma gertschi (Caporiacco, 1955)
Plesiopelma imperatrix Piza, 1976
Plesiopelma insulare (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
Plesiopelma longisternale (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942)
Plesiopelma minense (Mello-Leitão, 1943)
Plesiopelma myodes Pocock, 1901
Plesiopelma paganoi Ferretti & Barneche, 2013
Plesiopelma physopus (Mello-Leitão, 1926)
Plesiopelma rectimanum (Mello-Leitão, 1923)
Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum (Simon, 1897)

References

1 2 3 "Theraphosidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

Extant Araneae families

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida

Suborder Mesothelae
Liphistiidae (segmented spiders)

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