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Platnickina

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Platnickina

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Platnickina is a genus of comb-footed spiders. The type species was described by Walckenaer in 1802. The modern taxonomy was given by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008, and named in honour of Norman Platnick.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheridiidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
3
Family
Theridiidae
Collections
USNM
Recorded in
Slovenia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Theridiidae
Image
Keijia.maculata.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
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Commons category
Platnickina
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Platnickina
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Description
  • Species
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading
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Platnickina is a genus of comb-footed spiders. The type species was described by Walckenaer in 1802. The modern taxonomy was given by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008, and named in honour of Norman Platnick.

==Distribution== Spiders in this genus are found worldwide.

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