Studies on Malagasy spiders 2 The family Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Platyoides

Title Variants

Alternative: Family Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)

Alternative: Revision of the genus Platyoides

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2808

By

Platnick, Norman I.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1985

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Title from caption.

"February 19, 1985."

"The spider genus Platyoides O.P.-Cambridge, previously placed with the hemicloeine gnaphosoids, is assigned to the family Trochanteriidae Karsch on the basis of the elongated fourth trochanters and laterally divergent chelicerae. The 14 known species are diagnosed, described, and illustrated. Nine specific names are newly synonymized: P. abrahami O.P.-Cambridge, P. bottegi Pavesi, P. laterigradus Pocock, P. separatus O.P.-Cambridge, P. simoni O.P.-Cambridge, and P. bidentifer Strand, all with P. walteri (Karsch); P. beta Lawrence with P. alpha Lawrence; P. pusilliformis Tucker with P. pusillus Pocock; and P. lawrencei Lessert with P. leppanae Pocock. The males of P. pusillus Pocock and P. grandidieri Simon are described for the first time. Five new species are described: P. rossi and P. pirie from South Africa, P. velonus and P. mailaka from Madagascar, and P. venturus from the Canary Islands"--P. [1].

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Madagascar , Platyoides , Spiders , Trochanteriidae

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2808, 1985

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 35433287