''Platnickina'' is a

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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 The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...

and

opisthosoma The opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax). It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum Chelicerata (arachnids, horseshoe crabs and others). Although it is similar in most respects to a ...

) 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 Trichobothria (singular trichobothrium) are elongate setae ("hairs") present in arachnids, various orders of insects, and myriapods that function in the detection of airborne vibrations and currents, and electrical charge. In 1883, Friedrich Dahl ...

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 &

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, 1942) – USA,

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*'' Platnickina antoni'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA *'' Platnickina fritilla'' Gao & Li, 2014 –

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*'' Platnickina kijabei'' (

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, 1920) –

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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 t ...

'' (Yoshida, 2001) ( type) –

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*'' Platnickina mneon'' (Bösenberg &

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, 1906) – South America. Introduced to Ghana,

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, China, Japan, Pacific Is. *'' Platnickina nigropunctata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean *'' Platnickina punctosparsa'' (

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, 1882) – USA *'' Platnickina qionghaiensis'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *'' Platnickina sterninotata'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) –

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(Far East), China,

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, Japan *'' Platnickina tincta'' (

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, 1802) –

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, Russia (

to South Siberia),

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: *''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)

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Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Spiders of North America Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Description

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