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, and it has only been found in Chile. The name is a combination of "plesiomorphy" and the genus Missulena. As of November 2021[update] it contains only 2 species: P. bonneti and P. jorgelina.

Further reading

  • Goloboff, P. A. (1994). . Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 53: 65–74.
  • Raven, R. J. (1985). . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 1–180.
  • Raven, R. J. (1984). . Australian Journal of Zoology. 32 (3): 379–390. doi:.
  • Legendre, Roland; Calderón-Gonzalez, Raul (1984). . Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 6 (A): 1021–1065. doi:.
  • Zapfe, H. (1961). . Investigaciones Zoológicas Chilenas. 7: 151–157.

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