Taxon details


Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-12-22
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007290]
  • Distribution: USA, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, China, Korea, Japan, Pacific Is.
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Theridion adamsoni Berland, 1934a: 102, f. 6-9 (Df).
Theridion hobbsi Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 5, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056248].
Theridion blatchleyi Bryant, 1945c: 205, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056246].
Theridion hobbsi Archer, 1946: 46 (S of Theridion blatchleyi).
Theridion insulicola Bryant, 1947b: 88, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056249].
Chindellum magnificum Archer, 1950: 13, pl. I, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056250].
Theridion hobbsi Levi, 1957a: 62, f. 198-199, 209, 213-214 (mf, S of Chindellum magnificum and Theridion insulicola).
Theridion adamsoni Levi, 1959b: 111 (S of Theridion hobbsi).
Theridion adamsoni Marples, 1964: 409, f. 11 (Dm).
Theridion adamsoni Levi, 1967c: 181, f. 20-23 (mf).
Coleosoma adamsoni Saaristo, 1978: 117, f. 183-191 (m, Df, T from Theridion).
Theridion adamsoni Kumada, 1986: 2, f. 1-8 (mf).
Theridion adamsoni Chikuni, 1989b: 43, f. 61 (mf).
Theridion adamsoni Saito, 1992c: 946, f. 6 (f).
Theridion adamsoni Zhu, 1998: 162, f. 101A-E (mf).
Theridion adamsoni Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 137, f. 71G-H, M-N (mf).
Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2001c: 172, f. 8, 53-55 (mf, T from Theridion, S of Coleosoma adamsoni; rejected by Ono, 2011b: 452; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Theridion adamsoni Namkung, 2002: 99, f. 13.17a-b (mf).
Keijia mneon Namkung, 2003: 101, f. 13.17a-b (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231.
Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2003a: 84, f. 213-215 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231.
Keijia mneon Saaristo, 2006: 62, f. 34-42 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231.
Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2009b: 374, f. 171-172 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina mneon Saaristo, 2010: 257, f. 37.75-80 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina adamsoni Ono, 2011b: 452, f. 56-61 (mf, S with P. mneon rejected, contra Yoshida, 2001c: 172).
Keijia mneon Yin et al., 2012: 352, f. 144a-c (f; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina mneon Jin, 2018: 29, f. 4-19.A-C, pl. 7 (f; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina mneon Suzuki & Nakama, 2021: 32, f. 1, 5 (m; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina mneon Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 65, 6 f. (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina mneon Baert et al., 2023: 32, f. 121A-C (mf; misidentified sensu Dupérré, 2023: 231).
Platnickina adamsoni Sherwood & Sharp, 2023a: 356, f. 1a-d (f).
References

Archer, A. F. (1946). The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1-67. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Archer, A. F. (1950). A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P., Desender, K., Hendrickx, F., Dekoninck, W., Berthet, M., Bouckaert, K., Caudron, J. & Leclercq, M. (2023). Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands. Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1-188. [includes figs of 5 undescribed species] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Berland, L. (1934a). Les araignées de Tahiti. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 113: 97-107. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bryant, E. B. (1945c). Notes on some Florida spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 36: 199-213. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bryant, E. B. (1947b). A list of spiders from Mona Island, with descriptions of new and little known species. Psyche, Cambridge 54(2): 86-99. doi:10.1155/1947/65408 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021z). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 1 A-P. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 69 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515890 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1942). Descriptions of new American Theridiidae. American Museum Novitates 1171: 1-16. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jin, C. (2018). Theridiidae, Ctenidae, Liocranidae. In: Zhang, F. & Xue, X. F. (eds.) Fauna of Tianmu Mountain. Volume II. Arachnida. Araneae Eriophyoidea. Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou, pp. 11-33, 79-80, 90-91, pl. 2-7, 17, 19. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kumada, K. (1986). Theridion adamsoni Berland, 1934, a newly recorded species from Japan, with a note on its biology. Atypus 88: 1-6. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1957a). The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1959b). The spider genera Achaearanea, Theridion and Sphyrotinus from Mexico, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 121: 57-163. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1967c). Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacific Insects 9: 175-186. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Marples, B. J. (1964). Spiders from some Pacific islands, part V. Pacific Science 18: 399-410. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Ono, H. (2011b). Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Memoirs of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo 47: 435-470. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (1978). Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy. Annales Zoologici Fennici 15: 99-126. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2006). Theridiid or cobweb spiders of the granitic Seychelles islands (Araneae, Theridiidae). Phelsuma 14: 49-89. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saaristo, M. I. (2010). Araneae. In: Gerlach, J. & Marusik, Y. M. (eds.) Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester, pp. 8-306. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saito, H. (1992c). [A list of spiders collected from Yamanashi Prefecture. II.]. Yamanashi No Konchu 36: 944-953. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. & Sharp, A. (2023a). First record of the cob-web spider Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) from Ascension Island (Araneae: Theridiidae). Serket 19(4): 355-358. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Suzuki, Y. & Nakama, N. (2021). [First record of three spider species on Ishigaki Island]. Kishidaia 119: 32-33. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2001c). A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 50(2): 157-181. doi:10.2476/asjaa.50.157 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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2024-12-22 New taxonomic reference entry Baert et al., 2023 n/a
2023-10-04 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood & Sharp, 2023a n/a
2023-10-04 Species distribution update Sherwood & Sharp, 2023a n/a (Old value)
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2023-03-15 Species synonymy Levi, 1959b Platnickina hobbsi synonymized with Platnickina adamsoni
2023-03-15 Species synonymy Levi, 1957a Platnickina insulicola synonymized with Platnickina adamsoni
2023-03-15 Species synonymy Levi, 1957a Platnickina magnificum synonymized with Platnickina adamsoni
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2023-03-15 Species synonymy Archer, 1946 Platnickina blatchleyi synonymized with Platnickina adamsoni
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