Plesiolena
Genus of spiders
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Plesiolena is a small genus of South American mygalomorph spiders in the family Actinopodidae. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff and Norman I. Platnick in 1987,[2] and it has only been found in Chile.[1] The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena.[2] As of November 2021[update] it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.[1]
| Plesiolena | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Actinopodidae |
| Genus: | Plesiolena Goloboff & Platnick, 1987[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. bonneti (Zapfe, 1961) | |
| Species | |
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