Two new species and three new records of the cobweb spider Platnickina (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Sumatra
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.
Authors
- Damayanti Buchori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2843-0737)
- Jochen Drescher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5162-9779)
- Stefan Scheu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4350-9520)
- Purnama Hidayat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9507-6275)
- Naufal Urfi Dhiya’ulhaq
Institutions
- IPB University (ID)
- Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Evolutionary Systematics
- Published
- 2025-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.162623
- Primary Topic
- Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00