World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: see Lehtinen, 1967, Homann, 1968, Forster, 1970b: 111 and Wheeler et al., 2017: 606 for differing views on the limits of this family; transfer of Hapona and Laestrygones from Desidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; Orepukia transferred from Agelenidae, Pakeha and Paravoca transferred from Amaurobiidae to Cycloctenidae by Wheeler et al., 2017: 606; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 515, f. 15-16.

Gen. Plectophanes Bryant, 1935 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01928

Plectophanes altus Forster, 1964 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021812

Plectophanes alta Forster, 1964a: 143, f. 57-58 (Df) Original description

Plectophanes alta Forster, 1979: 35, f. 141-142 (f)

Plectophanes archeyi Forster, 1964 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021813

Plectophanes archeyi Forster, 1964a: 144, f. 59-60 (Df) Original description

Plectophanes archeyi Forster, 1979: 36, f. 144-145 (f)

Plectophanes frontalis Bryant, 1935 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021814

Plectophanes frontalis Bryant, 1935d: 82, pl. 11, f. 10, 12, 14, pl. 12, f. 27 (Df) Original description

Plectophanes frontalis Forster, 1964a: 139, f. 50-53 (f, Dm)

Plectophanes frontalis Forster, 1979: 34, f. 35-36, 132, 134-137 (mf)

Plectophanes frontalis Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 90, f. 55.9-12 (mf)

Plectophanes hollowayae Forster, 1964 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021815

Plectophanes hollowayi Forster, 1964a: 145, f. 61-68 (Dmf) Original description

Plectophanes hollowayae Forster, 1979: 36, f. 143 (f)

Plectophanes pilgrimi Forster, 1964 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021816

Plectophanes pilgrimi Forster, 1964a: 142, f. 54-56 (Df) Original description

Plectophanes pilgrimi Forster, 1979: 34, f. 138-139 (f)