''Olin platnicki'' is the only species in the monotypic spider genus ''Olin'' in the family

Trachycosmidae Trachycosmidae, is a family of spiders in the infraorder Araneomorphae. Identification They can be identified by the lateral spinnerets, which are separated by the length of their diameter and have their complete distal article without inflata ...

. It is native to Christmas Island and

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 2001 by

Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold (born 23 November 1930) is a Dutch arachnologist. She specializes in spiders from Southeast Asia and Southern Europe, particularly cave-dwelling and tropical spiders. She donated a collection of about 25,000 Sou ...

. The generic name "''Olin''" was a random combination of letters, and the specific name "''platnicki''" is in honour of Norman Platnick.

Characteristics

''Olin'' has long and projected chelicerae, and a relatively broad and low

carapace A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...

, with the

maxillae The maxilla (plural: ''maxillae'' ) in vertebrates is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones. In humans, the upper jaw includes the hard palate in the front of the mouth. The t ...

long and nearly parallel, with depressions laterally. There is little sexual dimorphism and no elongation on the fourth trochanter or coxae.

References

Trochanteriidae Spiders described in 2001 Spiders of Asia {{Trochanteriidae-stub