Platnickina obscuratum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Theridiinae
Genus: Platnickina
Species: Platnickina obscuratum

Name

Platnickina obscuratum (Ming-Sheng Zhu, 1998)

Type locality: Xuanen County (29º54'N, 109º24'E), Hubei Province, China.

Holotype: MHBU. male ♂. 26.V.1989. legit Mingsheng Zhu.

Synonymy

• Theridion obscuratum Zhu, 1998: 167 (original combination)
• Platnickina obscuratum Zhu - Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025: 141

References

Primary references

• Zhu, M.S. 1998. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing 1-436. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Huang, G-L., Liu, J. & Hu, C-H. 2025. Taxonomic notes of the cobweb spider genus Platnickina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 (Araneae, Theridiidae, Theridiinae), with descriptions of two new species from southern China. ZooKeys 1250: 135–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1250.158643 Reference page.