Platnickina xianfengensis (Zhu & Song, 1992)

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Described:

Distribution: China, Taiwan, Indonesia (Sumatra)

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Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m - (Zhu & Song, 1992)
  • Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China 1m - (Zhu & Song, 1992)
Taxonomic References
Theridion xianfengensis Zhu & Song, 1992: 5, f. I-J (Dm) Original description
Theridion xianfengensis Song & Li, 1997: 403, f. 5A-B (m)
Theridion xianfengensis Zhu, 1998: 154, f. 95A-E (m, Df)
Theridion xianfengense Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 148, f. 82A-B, K, O (mf)
Theridion xianfengensis Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000: 127, f. 19-20 (m)
Theridion xianfengense Yin et al., 2012: 419, f. 187a-e (mf)
Theridion xianfengense Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 48, f. 27A-G (mf)
Platnickina xianfengense Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025: 147, f. 7A-E, 8A-B, 9A-F (mf, T from Theridion)
Platnickina xianfengensis Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c: 215, f. 13A-E, 14A-B (m)
References

Dhiya'ulhaq, N. U., Buchori, D., Hidayat, P., Scheu, S. & Drescher, J. (2025c). Two new species and three new records of the cobweb spider Platnickina (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Sumatra. Evolutionary Systematics 9: 203-220. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.9.162623 -- Show included taxa

Huang, G. L., Liu, J. & Hu, C. H. (2025). Taxonomic notes of the cobweb spider genus Platnickina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 (Araneae, Theridiidae, Theridiinae), with descriptions of two new species from southern China. ZooKeys 1250: 135-154. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1250.158643 -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. & Li, S. Q. (1997). Spiders of Wuling Mountains area. In: Song, D. X. (ed.) Invertebrates of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 400-448. -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H., Tso, I. M. & Severinghaus, L. L. (2000). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Orchid Island, Taiwan: descriptions of six new and one newly recorded species. Zoological Studies 39(2): 123-132. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, F., Peng, J. Y. & Zhang, B. S. (2022). Spiders of Mt. Xiaowutai. Science Press, Beijing, 387 pp. [[pdf in three parts]] -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Song, D. X. (1992). On four new species of comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) from China. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 11(1): 4-7. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-10-23 New taxonomic reference entry Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c
2025-10-23 Species distribution update Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c Old value
2025-08-30 Species updated Old value Species epithet corrected
2025-08-30 New taxonomic reference entry Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025
2025-08-30 Species transferred to new genus Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025 Species transferred from Theridion to Platnickina
2022-11-16 New taxonomic reference entry Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022

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