Planiemen

{{Speciesbox

| name = Planiemen

| taxon = Planiemen rotundus

| parent_authority = Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007

| authority = (Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994)

| synonyms = Pachyballus rotundus Wesołowska & van Harten, 1994

}}

Planiemen is a genus of jumping spider erected in 2007 for the sole species Planiemen rotundus, formerly placed in the genus Pachyballus. It is endemic to Yemen.

This dark-colored species is almost round in appearance. The cephalothorax and opisthosoma are each about {{convert|2|mm|in|frac=16}} long.

References

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{{Cite journal |last1=Wesolowska |first1=Wanda |last2=van Harten |first2=A. |date=2007 |title=Additions to the knowledge of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of Yemen |journal=Fauna of Arabia |volume=23 |pages=56–58 |name-list-style=amp }}

{{cite web |title=Gen. Planiemen Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2891 |access-date=2016-04-08 }}

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External links

[http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/planiemen/rotu-kph.htm Photographs of P. rotundus]

Category:Endemic fauna of Yemen

Category:Monotypic Salticidae genera

Category:Salticidae

Category:Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska

Category:Spiders of Asia