Platnickopoda
| Platnickopoda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Platnickopoda Jäger, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. normani Jäger, 2020
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| Species | |
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Platnickopoda is a small genus of east African huntsman spiders. It was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020,[2] and it has only been found in Tanzania.[1] As of April 2022[update] it contains only two species: P. normani and P. saccata.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Platnickopoda Jäger, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Jäger, P. (2020). "Platnickopoda gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Tanzania (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)". Arachnology. 18 (5): 499–506. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.499.
Further reading
[edit]- Jäger, P.; Kunz, D. (2005). "An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 85 (2): 163–213.
- Jäger, P. (2003). "Rhitymna Simon 1897: an Asian, not an African spider genus. Generic limits and descriptions of new species (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 82: 99–125.
- Järvi, T. H. (1912). "Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. I. Allgemeiner Teil". Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. 4: 1–131, pl.
- Järvi, T. H. (1914). "Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. II. Spezieller Teil". Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. 4: 118–235.