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Planochelas

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Planochelas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Planochelas
Lyle & Haddad, 2009[1]
Type species
P. botulus
Lyle & Haddad, 2009
Species

Planochelas is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by R. Lyle & C. R. Haddad in 2009.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only three species from Ghana, Uganda, and Ivory Coast.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Planochelas Lyle & Haddad, 2009". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. ^ Lyle, R.; Haddad, C. R. (2009). "Planochelas, a new genus of tracheline sac spiders from West and Central Africa (Araneae: Corinnidae)". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 46: 91–100.