Platnicknia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pholcoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Haplogynae Superfamilia: Pholcoidea

Familia: Pholcidae
Genus: Platnicknia
Species (2): P. coxana – P. incerta

Name

Platnicknia Özdikmen, 2009 [nomen novum pro Bryantina Brignoli, 1985]

Synonyms

• Bryantia Mello-Leitão, 1946 [nec Bryantia Schaus, 1922]
• Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 [nomen novum pro Bryantia Mello-Leitão, 1946] [nec Bryantina Malloch, 1926]

References

Primary references

• Özdikmen, H. 2009. Platnicknia nom. nov., a new name for the preoccupied spider genus Bryantina Brignoli, 1985 (Araneae: Pholcidae). Munis Entomology & Zoology 4(1): 299–300. PDF.

Additional references

• Marusik, Y.M. & Sherwood, D. 2022. Matronymic genera in spiders (Araneae) named for arachnologists. Arachnology 19 (special issue): 150-157. Reference page.