Plectembolus

Plectembolus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Linyphiidae
Genus:	Plectembolus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992[1]
Type species
P. quadriflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992
Species
5, see text

Plectembolus is a genus of Southeast Asian sheet weavers that was first described by Alfred Frank Millidge & A. Russell-Smith in 1992.^[2]

Species

As of May 2019^[update] it contains five species, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and on the Sumatra:^[1]

• Plectembolus biflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Philippines
• Plectembolus quadriflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 (type) – Malaysia (mainland), Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Plectembolus quinqueflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Plectembolus similis Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Plectembolus triflectus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992 – Malaysia

See also

• List of Linyphiidae species (I–P)

References

1. "Gen. Plectembolus Millidge & Russell-Smith, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-23.
2. Millidge, A. F.; Russell-Smith, A. (1992). "Linyphiidae from rain forests of Southeast Asia". Journal of Natural History. 26: 1367–1404. doi:10.1080/00222939200770771.