Olin platnicki

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Olin platnicki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Genus: Olin
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 [1]
Species:
O. platnicki
Binomial name
Olin platnicki
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 [2]

Olin platnicki is the only species in the monotypic spider genus Olin in the family Trochanteriidae. It is native to Christmas Island and Sulawesi. [2]

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Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 2001 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold. [1] The generic name "Olin" was a random combination of letters, and the specific name "platnicki" is in honour of Norman Platnick. [3]

Characteristics

Olin has long and projected chelicerae, and a relatively broad and low carapace, with the maxillae long and nearly parallel, with depressions laterally. There is little sexual dimorphism and no elongation on the fourth trochanter or coxae. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Olin platnicki Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa L. (2001). Forest spiders of South East Asia : with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, and Trochanterriidae). Leiden: Brill. pp. 566–567. ISBN   90-04-11959-0.