Plebs (spider)

Plebs
P. eburnus on web.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Plebs
Joseph & Framenau, 2012[1]
Type species
P. eburnus
(Keyserling, 1886)
Species

22, see text

Plebs bradleyi

Plebs is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by M. M. Joseph & V. W. Framenau in 2012.[2] Though many of its species have been moved around, a 2012 taxonomic revision suggested that these spiders comprise a monophyletic genus of closely related spiders that evolved in Australia and, through subsequent movements, spread into parts of Asia and Pacific islands.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Joseph, Mathew M.; Framenau, Volker W. (2012). "Systematic review of a new orb-weaving spider genus (Araneae: Araneidae), with special reference to the Australasian-Pacific and South-East Asian fauna". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (2): 279–341. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00845.x.