Platnickina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. Description As comb-footed spiders, Platnickina have two body segments (prosoma and opisthosoma) and eight legs. The tarsi of the final leg pair have rows of strong, serrated bristles ventrally. Platnickina can be distinguished from other theridiid genera by the presence of trichobothria on the metatarsi of the third leg pair, the opisthosoma not being higher than it is long, and the absence of a colulus. Also, the European species at least are bright yellow with black mottling. Species it contains eleven species, found worldwide: Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) – USA, Canada Platnickina antoni (Keyserling, 1884) – USA Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014 – China Platnickina kijabei (Berland, 1920) – East Africa Platnickina maculata (Yoshida, 2001) (type) – Japan Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – South America. Introduced to Ghana, Seychelles, China, Japan, Pacific Is. Platnickina nigropunctata (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean Platnickina punctosparsa (Emerton, 1882) – USA Platnickina qionghaiensis (Zhu, 1998) – China Platnickina sterninotata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran In synonymy: P. adamsoni (Berland, 1934) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) P. blatchleyi (Bryant, 1945) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) P. cinerascens (Roewer, 1942) = Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) P. hobbsi (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) P. insulicola (Bryant, 1947) = Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) P. talmo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) = Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) See also List of Theridiidae species List of spiders of Texas References Further reading External links Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Spiders of North America Theridiidae