Plebs

Plebs Joseph & Framenau, 2012

Note. Plebs can be separated from other araneid genera by the presence of white inverted U-shaped ventral pattern on abdomen and paired white spots antero-lateral to spinnerets. Plebs can be separated from both Araneus Clerck, 1757 and most of the species of Eriophora Simon, 1864 by the following characters: males with stout ventral setae on coxae IV and pedipalp with single macroseta on patella. Plebs and Eriophora together can be distinguished from Araneus by the following characters: presence of tegular protrusion and paramedian apophysis, median apophysis with basal arch, flat lamellar shaped terminal apophysis and scape without terminal pockets (Joseph & Framenau 2012).