Biology:Platnickina
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Platnickina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008.[1]
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are found worldwide.[2]
Description
As comb-footed spiders, Platnickina have two body segments (prosoma and opisthosoma) and eight legs. The tarsi of the final leg pair have rows of strong, serrated bristles ventrally.[3]
Platnickina can be distinguished from other theridiid genera by the presence of trichobothria on the metatarsi of the third leg pair, the opisthosoma not being higher than it is long, and the absence of a colulus. Also, the European species at least are bright yellow with black mottling.[4]
Species
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female P. adamsoni -
P. alabamensis -
female P. maculata from Okinawa
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes fifteen species:[2]
- Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) – United States, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to St. Helena, Ascension Is. Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, China, Korea, Japan, Pacific Is.
- Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) – Canada, United States
- Platnickina antoni (Keyserling, 1884) – United States
- Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014 – China
- Platnickina kijabei (Berland, 1920) – Cape Verde, Kenya
- Platnickina maculata (Yoshida, 2001) – Japan (type species)
- Platnickina nigropunctata (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean
- Platnickina obscurata (Zhu, 1998) – China
- Platnickina punctosparsa (Emerton, 1882) – United States
- Platnickina qionghaiensis (Zhu, 1998) – China
- Platnickina sterninotata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
- Platnickina submaculata Hu & Liu, 2025 – China
- Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran. Introduced to North America
- Platnickina xianfengensis (Zhu & Song, 1992) – China, Taiwan
- Platnickina yoshidai Hu & Liu, 2025 – China
In synonymy:
- P. adamsoni (Berland, 1934) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
- P. blatchleyi (Bryant, 1945) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
- P. cinerascens (Roewer, 1942) = Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942)
- P. hobbsi (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
- P. insulicola (Bryant, 1947) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
- P. talmo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) = Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942)
See also
- List of Theridiidae species
- List of spiders of Texas
References
- ↑ Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2008). "New synonyms and replacement names in the genus group taxa of Araneida". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara, Miscellaneous Papers 139-140: 1–4.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gen. Platnickina Koçak & Kemal, 2008". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3526. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ↑ "araneae - Key to families" (in en). https://araneae.nmbe.ch/key.
- ↑ "araneae - Theridiidae" (in en). https://araneae.nmbe.ch/genkey/44/Theridiidae.
Further reading
- Yoshida, H. (2001). "A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Acta Arachnologica 50 (2): 157–181. doi:10.2476/asjaa.50.157.
- Levi, H. W. (1957). "The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1–124.
- Yoshida, H. (2009), "Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae", in Ono, H., The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species
- Yoshida, H. (2003). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan. pp. 224.
- Song, D. X.; Zhu, M. S.; Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang. pp. 640.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q3391988 entry
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