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Genus: Plectochetos Butler, 1932 | Family: Anapidae Simon, 1895

Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:005470

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland to Tasmania)

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Taxonomic References

Plectochetos longissimus Butler, 1932: 107, pl. 1, f. 15-20 (Dmf) Original description

Micropholcomma longissima Forster, 1959: 298, f. 64-69, 137 (mf)

Micropholcomma longissima Forster & Platnick, 1984: 92, f. 360-361, 369-370, 375-376 (m)

Micropholcomma longissimum Rix & Harvey, 2010a: 27, f. 15E (f)

Plectochetos longissimus Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 51 (T from Micropholcomma)

References

Butler, L. S. G. (1932). Studies in Australian spiders. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 44: 103-117. -- Show included taxa

Eskov, K. Y. & Marusik, Y. M. (2024). A comparative morphology of trichobothrial bases in araneoid spiders and its significance for the phylogeny and system of the superfamily Araneoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). ZooKeys 1219: 1-60. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1219.133002 -- Show included taxa

Forster, R. R. (1959). The spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86(3/4): 269-329. -- Show included taxa

Forster, R. R. & Platnick, N. I. (1984). A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1-106. -- Show included taxa

Rix, M. G. & Harvey, M. S. (2010a). The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1-321. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.36.306 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-12-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Eskov & Marusik, 2024
2024-12-20	Species transferred to new genus	Eskov & Marusik, 2024		Species transferred from Micropholcomma to Plectochetos