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Platnickina Antoni
''Platnickina'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. 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. ''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. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Platnickina alabamensis'' ( Gertsch & Archer, 1942) – USA, Canada *'' Platnickina antoni'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA *''Platnickina fritilla'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *''Platnickina kijabei'' (Berland, 1920) – East Africa *''Platnickina maculata'' (Yoshida, 2001) ( type) – Japan *'' Platnickina mneon'' (Bösenberg & St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platnickina Maculata
''Platnickina'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. 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. ''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. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: *'' Platnickina alabamensis'' ( Gertsch & Archer, 1942) – USA, Canada *'' Platnickina antoni'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA *'' Platnickina fritilla'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *'' Platnickina kijabei'' (Berland, 1920) – East Africa *'' Platnickina maculata'' (Yoshida, 2001) ( type) – Japan *'' Platnickina mneon'' (Bösenberg & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |