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Genus: Plato Coddington, 1986 | Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881

Plato troglodita Coddington, 1986

SPECIES | ACCEPTED | TYPE SPECIES

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008980

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Described:

Distribution: Ecuador

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m - (Prete & Brescovit, 2024)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f - (Prete & Brescovit, 2024)

Taxonomic References

Plato troglodita Coddington, 1986: 29, f. 10-12, 23-28 (Dmf) Original description

Plato troglodita Coddington, 1990: 19, f. 104 (m)

Plato troglodita Lopez, 1996: 192, f. 7 (f)

Plato troglodita Prete & Brescovit, 2024: 7, f. 3A-D, 4A-G (mf)

References

Coddington, J. A. (1986). The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 422: 1-96. -- Show included taxa

Coddington, J. A. (1990). Ontogeny and homology in the male palpus of orb-weaving spiders and their relatives, with comments on phylogeny (Araneoclada: Araneoidea, Deinopoidea). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 496: 1-52. -- Show included taxa

Lopez, A. (1996). Plato juberthiei (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae), nouvelle araignée souterraine de la Guyana Française. Mémoires de Biospéologie 23: 191-196. -- Show included taxa

Prete, P. H. & Brescovit, A. D. (2024). Taxonomic revision of the spider genus Plato Coddington, 1986 (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 5471(1): 1-32. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5471.1.1 [[incl. Erratum: Zootaxa 5474(5): 600]] -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-06-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Prete & Brescovit, 2024