''Physoglenes'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

spiders in the family

Physoglenidae Physoglenidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Alexander Petrunkevitch in 1928 as a subfamily of Pholcidae. It was later moved to Synotaxidae until a study in 2016 showed that they formed a distinct clade. Genera , the Wor ...

that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1904. It has been listed under several different families, including

Leptonetidae Leptonetidae is a relatively primitive family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890. It is made up of tiny haplogyne spiders, meaning they lack the hardened external female genitalia. Their six eyes are arranged in a semicircle of f ...

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, Synotaxidae, and most recently,

Species

it contains four species, found in

: *'' Physoglenes chepu'' Platnick, 1990 –

*'' Physoglenes lagos'' Platnick, 1990 – Chile *'' Physoglenes puyehue'' Platnick, 1990 – Chile *'' Physoglenes vivesi'' Simon, 1904 ( type) – Chile

References

Araneomorphae genera Physoglenidae Spiders of South America Endemic fauna of Chile {{Araneomorphae-stub

Species

See also

References