Two new species and three new records of the cobweb spider Platnickina (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Sumatra

2025/10/23 by Naufal Urfi Dhiya’ulhaq, Damayanti Buchori, Purnama Hidayat +2 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Genetic diversity and population structure #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/evolsyst.9.162623

openalex publication_date 2025/10/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

Two new species of spiders of the genus Platnickina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 are described from Sumatra, Indonesia: Platnickina harapan Dhiya’ulhaq, sp. nov. (♂♀) and Platnickina debu Dhiya’ulhaq, sp. nov. (♂♀). Three species are recorded for the first time from Indonesia: Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934), Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014, and Platnickina xianfengensis (Zhu & Song, 1992). Detailed diagnoses, descriptions and high-quality photographs are provided for the newly recorded species.

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