Prothemenops
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Prothemenops
| authority = Schwendinger, 1991
| type_species = P. siamensis
| type_species_authority = Schwendinger, 1991
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4, see text
}}
Prothemenops is a genus of Southeast Asian armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by Peter J. Schwendinger in 1991.{{cite journal| last=Schwendinger| first=P. J.| year=1991| title=Two new trap-door spiders from Thailand (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Idiopidae).| journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society| pages=233–240| volume=8| author-link=Peter_J._Schwendinger}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains four species from Thailand,{{cite journal| title=Gen. Prothemenops Schwendinger, 1991| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-06-12| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1096| doi=10.24436/2}} and at least a dozen more suspected species found in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia:{{cite journal| last1=Schwendinger| first1=P. J.| last2=Hongpadharakiree| first2=K.| year=2014| title=Three new Prothemenops species (Araneae: Idiopidae) from central Thailand| journal=Zootaxa| volume=3893| issue=4| pages=530–550| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3893.4.3| pmid=25544536}}
- Prothemenops irineae Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2014 – Thailand
- Prothemenops khirikhan Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2014 – Thailand
- Prothemenops phanthurat Schwendinger & Hongpadharakiree, 2014 – Thailand
- Prothemenops siamensis Schwendinger, 1991 (type) – Thailand
See also
References
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Category:Arthropods of Thailand
Category:Taxa named by Peter J. Schwendinger
Category:Taxa described in 1991
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