Platnickina
Platnickina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008.
Distribution
Spiders in this genus are found worldwide.Description
As comb-footed spiders, Platnickina have two body segments 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
, this genus includes fifteen species:- Platnickina adamsoni – United States, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to St. Helena, Ascension Is. Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, China, Korea, Japan, Pacific Is.
- Platnickina alabamensis – Canada, United States
- Platnickina antoni – United States
- Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014 – China
- Platnickina kijabei – Cape Verde, Kenya
- Platnickina maculata – Japan
- Platnickina nigropunctata – Mediterranean
- Platnickina obscurata – China
- Platnickina punctosparsa – United States
- Platnickina qionghaiensis – China
- Platnickina sterninotata – Russia, China, Korea, Japan
- Platnickina submaculata Hu & Liu, 2025 – China
- Platnickina tincta – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Iran. Introduced to North America
- Platnickina xianfengensis – China, Taiwan
- Platnickina yoshidai Hu & Liu, 2025 – China
- P. adamsoni = Platnickina mneon
- P. blatchleyi = Platnickina mneon
- P. cinerascens = Platnickina alabamensis
- P. hobbsi = Platnickina mneon
- P. insulicola = Platnickina mneon
- P. talmo = ''Platnickina alabamensis''