Olin platnicki is the only species in the monotypic spider genus Olin in the family Trachycosmidae. It is native to Christmas Island and Sulawesi.[1]
| Olin platnicki | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trachycosmidae |
| Genus: | Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001[2] |
| Species: | O. platnicki
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| Binomial name | |
| Olin platnicki Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001[1]
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Taxonomy
editThe genus and species were first described in 2001 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold.[2] The generic name "Olin" was a random combination of letters, and the specific name "platnicki" is in honour of Norman Platnick.[3]
Characteristics
editOlin has long and projected chelicerae, and a relatively broad and low carapace, with the maxillae long and nearly parallel, with depressions laterally. There is little sexual dimorphism and no elongation on the fourth trochanter or coxae.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Olin platnicki Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
- ^ a b "Gen. Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ a b Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa L. (2001). Forest spiders of South East Asia : with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, and Trochanterriidae). Leiden: Brill. pp. 566–567. ISBN 90-04-11959-0.