@article {9063, title = {A new spider of the genus Archoleptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Panama}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3101}, year = {1994}, pages = {1-8}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {9055, title = {The Caribbean goblin spider genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3751}, year = {2012}, pages = {1-62}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9054, title = {The goblin spider genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {332}, year = {2010}, pages = {1-156}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9053, title = {The goblin spider genus Pescennina (Araneae, Oonopidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3716}, year = {2011}, pages = {1-64}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9047, title = {The goblin spider genera Stenoonops and Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on related taxa}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {340}, year = {2010}, pages = {1-111}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9045, title = {The goblin spider genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Oonops}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3672}, year = {2009}, pages = {1-72}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9042, title = {The American goblin spiders of the new genus Escaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {328}, year = {2009}, pages = {1-151}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9040, title = {On Coxapopha, a new genus of the spider family Oonopidae from Panama (Araneae Haplogynae)}, journal = {Memorie della Societ{\`a} Entomologica Italiana}, volume = {78}, year = {2000}, pages = {403-410}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {9039, title = {The Andean goblin spiders of the new genus Scaphidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Dysderina.}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3712}, year = {2011}, pages = {1-51}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {9016, title = {A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2619}, year = {1977}, pages = {1-29}, author = {Forster, Raymond R and Platnick, Norman I} } @article {9015, title = {A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Zimiromus, with notes on Echemus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2609}, year = {1976}, pages = {1-24}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @proceedings {8931, title = {On the phylogeny of Ricinulei}, year = {1980}, pages = {349{\textendash}353}, publisher = {H. Egermann}, address = {Wien}, url = {https://www.mediafire.com/file/h3mt5oyl1l8y20j/Platnick1980XXX_On_the_Phylogeny_of_Ricinulei.pdf}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {8837, title = {A review of the spider genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae).}, journal = {American Museum Novitates }, volume = {2661}, year = {1978}, pages = {1-22}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8835, title = {Natural history and systematics of arthropod symbionts (Araneae; Hemiptera; Diptera) inhabiting webs of the spider Tengella radiata (Araneae, Tengellidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates }, volume = {3065}, year = {1993}, pages = {1-17}, author = {Eberhard, William G and Platnick, Norman I and Schuh, Randall T} } @article {8814, title = {On the Micromygalinae, a new subfamily of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates }, volume = {2734}, year = {1982}, pages = {1-13}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Forster, Raymond R} } @article {8641, title = {New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {170}, year = {1981}, pages = {189-196}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8640, title = {A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2598}, year = {1976}, pages = {1-23}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8495, title = {A revision of the spider genus Zorocrates Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3579}, year = {2007}, pages = {1-44}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Ubick, Darrell} } @article {8366, title = {A revision of the tranquillus and speciosus groups of the spider genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America.}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2553}, year = {1974}, pages = {1-34}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5449}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8365, title = {A revision of the bispinosus and bicolor groups of the spider genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America and the West Indies}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2560}, year = {1974}, pages = {1-34}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8347, title = {Three new genera of soft-bodied goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3824}, year = {2015}, pages = {1-59}, abstract = {

Three new genera of soft-bodied, oonopine goblin spiders are established. Two specific names (Oonops tolucanus Gertsch and Davis, Oonops chickeringi Brignoli) are transferred to the new genus Toloonops, characterized by retaining a separate palpal bulb and cymbium, having the cymbial cone near the cymbial margin, and having posteriorly directed projections on the male endites that originate far from the anterior endite margins; five new species are described: T. chiapa, T. jacala, T. veracruz, T. belmo, and T. verapaz. Six similar new species, united by having a stepped male endite profile and a subapical sclerite on the anterior genitalic process of females, are assigned to the new genus Guatemoonops: G. purulha, G. rhino, G. jaba, G. chilasco, G. augustin, and G. zacapa. Oonops mckenziei Gertsch is transferred to the new genus Emboonops, characterized by having a fused palpal bulb and cymbium, a hypertrophied embolus, and often a V-shaped female anterior genitalic process; nine new species are described: E. tuxtlas, E. tamaz, E. catrin, E. nejapa, E. calco, E. palenque, E. bonampak, E. arriaga, and E. hermosa.

}, doi = {10.1206/3824.1}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6576?show=full}, author = {Bolzern, Angelo and Platnick, Norman I and Berniker, Lily} } @article {8340, title = {A new goblin spider genus of the Zyngoonops group from Costa Rica, with notes on Coxapopha (Araneae, Oonopidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3820}, year = {2014}, pages = {1-20}, abstract = {

A new genus, Hexapopha, is described for a group of species from Costa Rica that resemble those of Coxapopha Platnick in having an elevated carapace and heavily sclerotized, highly modified male endites but differ in retaining six eyes, lacking leg spines, and having no female genitalic scape. Xestaspis reimoseri Fage is transferred to Hexapopha as the type species, its female is described for the first time, and three new species (H. hone, H. jimenez, and H. osa) are described. Dysderina caeca Birabén, from Argentina, is transferred to Coxapopha.

}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Berniker, Lily and V{\'\i}quez, Carlos} } @article {8319, title = {A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {170}, year = {1981}, pages = {176-182}, abstract = {

A new genus, Gertschosa, is described in the family Gnaphosidae. Poecilochroa concinna Simon, P. cingulata (Roewer), P. amphiloga (Chamberlin), Cesonia cincta Banks, and C. nigra Chickering are transferred to Gertschosa.\ Two specific names are newly synonymized: G.\ cingulata with G.concinna, and G.nigra with\ G. cincta. One new species, G. palisadoes, is\ described from Jamaica.

}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8318, title = {Studies on Malagasy spiders, 3. The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2874}, year = {1987}, pages = {1-33}, abstract = {

Zelotes is the only zelotine gnaphosid genus previously recorded from Madagascar; Zelotes bastardi (Simon) and Z. madagascaricus (Strand) probably represent females and males, respectively, of a single species. Only females exist in current collections, and their affinities remain uncertain. Three other zelotine species occur in the Malagasy collections studied: the cosmopolitan, synanthropic species Urozelotes rusticus (L. Koch), and two species of the genus Camillina. A revision of the Old World Camillina indicates that both those species are new (C. tsima and C. fiana) and endemic to Madagascar and to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, respectively; the two are not sister species. A recent revision of the American Camillina is supplemented with new descriptions, synonymies, and records. Echemella aldabrae Strand, Echemus pavesii Simon, Zelotes tucumanus Mello-Leit\ão, and Z. tobari Mello-Leit\ão are transferred to Camillina; the latter two names are newly synonymized with C. pulcher (Keyserling) and C. arguta (Simon), respectively. Camillina natalensis Lawrence is newly synonymized with C. cordifera (Tullgren). Discovery of the type of C. galapagoensis (Banks) indicates that this species was previously misidentified by Platnick and Shadab; their species C. cruz is newly synonymized and the species misidentified by them as C. galapagoensis is described as C. isabela. Thirteen other new species are described: C. maun from Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa; C. kaibos from the Ivory Coast and Kenya; C. capensis from South Africa; C. namibensis from Namibia; C. kochalkai, C. madrejon, C. cui, and C. mahnerti from Paraguay; C. pilar from Paraguay and Argentina; C. mauryi, C. cordoba, and C. galianoae from Argentina; and C. penai from northern Chile and southern Peru. Males of eight species are described for the first time: C. pavesii (Simon), C. balboa Platnick and Shadab, C. nova Platnick and Shadab, C. major (Keyserling), C. marmorata (Mello-Leit\ão), C. oruro Platnick and Shadab, C. calel Platnick and Shadab, and C. minuta (Mello-Leit\ão)

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5130?show=full}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Murphy, John A} } @article {8317, title = {A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2748}, year = {1982}, pages = {1-38}, abstract = {

The genus Camillina is redefined to include those gnaphosids with a preening comb on metatarsi III and IV, closely spaced posterior median eyes, a prolaterally situated, bifid terminal apophysis and medially situated, recessed embolar base on the male palp, and a median epigynal plate. Keys, diagnoses, descriptions, illustrations, and locality records are provided for the 40 known American species, found from Mexico and the West Indies south to Chile (with two species apparently introduced into the southeastern United States). Drassyllus elegans (Bryant), Echemus chilensis Simon, E. major Keyserling, E. minutus Mello-Leit\ão, E. pedestris O.P.-Cambridge, E. pulcher Keyserling, Gytha xanthomela Mello-Leit\ão, Zelotes desecheonis Petrunkevitch, Z. elytrogaster Mello-Leit\ão, Z. galapagoensis (Banks), and Z. marmoratus Mello-Leit\ão are transferred to Camillina. Two specific names are newly synonymized: C. xanthomela with C. major, and C. elytrogaster with C. chilensis. The male of the Cuban species C. elegans is described for the first time and the species is newly recorded from Florida, many Caribbean islands, Hawaii, the Marshall Islands, and Angola. The female of the Brazilian species C. pulcher is newly described, and the species is recorded from Alabama; the males of C. pedestris and C. arguta (Simon) are also described for the first time. Twenty-nine new species are described

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5295}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8316, title = {A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2578}, year = {1975}, pages = {1-19}, abstract = {

The 12 known species of Eilica are diagnosed and described. The genera Laronia Simon, Gnaphosoides Hogg, and Caridrassus Bryant are newly synonymized with Eilica. The genus is newly recorded from Jamaica, Honduras, Panama, Chile, and South Africa. The existence of a significant Australian fauna is established with the transfer of one species from Gnaphosoides and the description of three others. Five specific names are newly synonymized: variegata (Simon) and maculipes (Vellard), both with modesta Keyserling, and purpusi (Roewer), reynosana (Gertsch and Davis), and wheeleri (Bryant), all with bicolor Banks. Eilica trilineata (Mello-Leit\ão) is removed from the synonymy of variegata and considered a valid species. Five new species are described: chickeringi from Panama, fusca from South Africa, and contacta, rotunda, and serrata from Australia

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1999}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {8315, title = {A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {165}, year = {1980}, pages = {335-386}, abstract = {

The 30 known species of Cesonia are diagnosed, described, and assigned to species groups. Eilicina Bryant is newly synonymized with Cesonia. Eilicina elegans Bryant is transferred to Drassyllus; Sergiolus elegans Simon is transferred to Cesonia. Seventeen new species are described: Cesonia bixleri from California; C. rothi from California and western Arizona; C. ubicki and C. gertschi from the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico; C. cerralvo and C. leechi from from Baja California Sur, Mexico; C. iviei, C. cuernavaca, and C. coala from central Mexico; C. boca from Panama; C. chickeringi, C. cana, and C. bryantae from Jamaica; C. nadleri from Hispaniola; C. desecheo from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; C. maculata from St. Kitts and Nevis; and C. ditta from Dominica. The males of C. classica Chamberlin, C. trivittata Banks, C. josephus (Chamberlin and Gertsch), and C. irvingi (Mello-Leit\ão) are described for the first time

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/318}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8130, title = {On Central American Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2711}, year = {1981}, pages = {1-13}, abstract = {

The nine species of Cryptocellus known from\ Central America are diagnosed and illustrations\ of the male tarsal process and female spermathecae are provided.The male of C.centralis Fage\ is redescribed and the female allotype of C.fageiCooke and Shadab is transferred to C.centralis. The female of C.striatipes Cooke and Shadab is described for the first time. Four new species (C. osa,C. goodnighti,C. chiriqui, and C. gamboa)\ are described from Costa Rica and Panama.

}, url = {https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/5319//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N2711.pdf?sequence=1\&isAllowed=y}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8129, title = {On a New Guatemalan Pseudocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2733}, year = {1982}, pages = {1-6}, abstract = {

A new species, Pseudocellus seacus, is described from central Guatemala, and observations on its\ habitat, abundance, and feeding behavior are recorded

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5345}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {8128, title = {Two new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Neocteniza (Araneae, Actinopodidae)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {170}, year = {1981}, pages = {76-79}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8127, title = {A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Neocteniza (Araneae, Actinopodidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2603}, year = {1976}, pages = {1-19}, abstract = {

The seven known species of Neocteniza are diagnosed and described; a male of the genus is reported for the first time. On the basis of shared derived characters it is concluded that the Actinopodidae and Migidae are sister groups and that of the three known genera of Actinopodidae, Actinopus and Missulena together constitute the sistergroup of Neocteniza. The genitalia of Neocteniza, particularly of the male, are of extraordinary complexity for mygalomorph spiders, and suggest that males can mate only once and females only once during each adult instar. Five new species are described: N.pococki from Venezuela, N.fantastica from Colombia, N.osa from Costa Rica, N. subirana from Honduras, and N. paucispina from Guatemala. Genitalic and somatic characters of the group are illustrated in detail for the first time.

}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {8103, title = {The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central America (Araneae, Oonopidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3788}, year = {2013}, pages = {1-38}, abstract = {

The goblin spider genus Oonopoides Bryant was established for a species from Cuba, Oonopoides maxillaris Bryant, and most of the species that have subsequently been assigned to the genus are from that island. The group is actually circum-Caribbean in distribution, but many of its members have been misplaced in the genus Oonops Templeton; here we treat those representatives of the genus that have been collected in North and Central America. Six specific names are transferred from Oonops to Oonopoides: O. endicus Chickering from Florida and the Bahama Islands, O. secretus Gertsch from Texas and Tamaulipas, O mitchelli Gertsch from Mexico, and O. pallidulus (Chickering), O. tenebus Chickering, and O. anoxus Chickering from Panama. Males of O. zullinii Brignoli from Mexico and females of O. secretus are described for the first time; O. tenebus is placed as the male, and hence a junior synonym, of O. pallidulus. The holotype of Oonops zeteki Chickering from Panama is a juvenile that probably belongs to Costarina Platnick and Dupérré and the name is placed as a nomen dubium. Eight new species are described: O. iviei from Florida and the Bahama Islands, O. catemaco, O. chicanna, and O. kaplanae from Mexico, O. hondo from Honduras, O. cristo and O. upala from Costa Rica, and O. cartago from Costa Rica and Panama.

}, issn = {0003-0082}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Berniker, Lily} } @article {176, title = {A review of the spider genus Anapis (Araneae, Anapidae), with a dual cladistic analysis}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2663}, year = {1978}, pages = {1-23}, abstract = {

The presence of an anterior labral spur is suggested to be synapomorphic for the Anapidae. Anapis is redefined to include those anapids with a procurved posterior eye row, medially excavate chelicerae bearing a distal plate, a ridged palpal conductor, and a recurved retrolateral apophysis on the male palpal patela; at least some species build orb webs. The genera Epecthina Simon and Epecthinula Simon are newly synonymized with Anapis. A key, diagnoses, and supplementary ilustrations are provided for the 21 known species, found from southern Mexico and Jamaica south to Peru and Brazil. Because more than half the species are known from only one sex, males and females were subjected to separate cladistic analyses; despite the availability of only an extremely small sample of characters, the resulting cladograms are compatible. A technique developed to combine the irinformation generated eight specific predictions about the morphology of unknown specimens that can serve as tests of the hypothesized relationships. Fifteen new species are described: A. heredia and A. monteverde from Costa Rica, A. anchicaya, A. saladito, A. calima, A. digua, A. felidia, A. atuncela, A. guasca, A. meta, and A. amazonas from Colombia, A. choroni from Venezuela, A. chiriboga from Ecuador, and A. castilla and A. caluga from Peru. Pseudanapis discoidalis Balogh and Loksa is transferred to Anapis. The male of A. keyserlingi Gertsch is described for the first time.

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5415?show=full}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {177, title = {A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {2672}, year = {1979}, pages = {1-20}, abstract = {

Anapisona is redefined to include those anapids with a single distal apophysis on the male palpal femur, a dorsally elongated male palpal tibia, and distal bristles on the cymbium; and Pseudanapis those with a coarsely punctate carapace and sternum, a pattern of two apophyses on the male palpal femur, one or two on the patella, and none on the tibia, and subequally long legs I and IV. Keys, diagnoses, and supplementary illustrations are provided for the 10 known species of Anapisona, found from southern Mexico and the lesser Antilles south to Ecuador and Brazil, and the six known species of Pseudanapis, found in Indonesia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Hawaii, Middle and South America, and Central Africa. The suggested synonymy of Pseudanapis with Chasmocephalon is disclaimed, but of the 18 species previously assigned to Pseudanapis only P. aloha and P. wilsoni are congeneric with the type species, P. paroculus (the remainder being more closely related to Chasmocephalon); true Pseudanapis are newly recorded from America and Africa. Eight new species are described: A. kethlyi from Mexico and Costa Rica, A. ashmolei and A. pecki from Ecuador, A. bordeaux from the Virgin Islands, A. aragua from Venezuela and Colombia, A. schuhi from Brazil, P. benoiti from Zaire, and P. domingo from Ecuador. Anapisona gertschi Forster is transferred to Pseudanapis and newly recorded from Costa Rica and Panama

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5431}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {497, title = {A revision of the spider genus Barrisca (Araneae, Rhoicininae)}, journal = {Journal of Arachnology}, volume = {6}, year = {1978}, pages = {213-217}, abstract = {The male of Barrisca nannella is redescribed, the female is described for the first time, and a new species, B. kochalkai, is described from northern Colombia and Venezuela}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {96, title = {On the Cryptocellus centralis group (Arachnida, Ricinulei)}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {170}, year = {1981}, pages = {18-22}, abstract = {

Two new species of the centralis group of Cryptocellus are described from Central America: Cryptocellus verde from Costa Rica and Cryptocellus bocas from Panama.

}, url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Norman-Platnick/publication/290163994_On_Central_American_Cryptocellus_Arachnida_Ricinulei/links/569ceba508ae2e9667ec0088/On-Central-American-Cryptocellus-Arachnida-Ricinulei.pdf}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Shadab, Mohammad U} } @article {192, title = {A revision of the celer group of the spider genus Anyphaena (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) in Mexico and Central America}, journal = {Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History}, volume = {2575}, year = {1975}, pages = {1-36}, abstract = {The 26 species of the celer group of Anyphaena known from Mexico and Central America are diagnosed and described. Modifications of the leg spination pattern and of genitalic sclerites are discussed. The use of claw tuft structure as a diagnostic character of the Anyphaenidae is investigated with scanning electron microscopy; differences from the Clubionidae in the number and orientation of the component setae are demonstrated. Fourteen new species are described: alamos, cielo, cortes, cumbre, encino, felipe, morelia, obregon, otinapa, salto, tancitaro, tehuacan, wanlessi, and xochimilco. Anyphaena excepta O.P.-Cambridge is newly synonymized with subgibba O.P.-Cambridge. The females of gibba O.P.-Cambridge, plana F.O.P.-Cambridge, and trifida F.O.P.-Cambridge are described for the first time.}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/2762?show=full}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Lau, Amelia} } @article {211, title = {The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico}, journal = {Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College}, volume = {146}, year = {1974}, pages = {205-266}, abstract = {

Evidence from the tracheal system, claw tufts and courtshio behavior is used to justify the family status of Anyphaenidae. Suggested relationships between Anyphaenidae and Clubionidae, Amaurobiidae and Argyronetidae are disclaimed. The family Amaurobioididae is newly synonymized with Anyphaenidae. Genericproblems within the family are discussed. The thirty-six species occuring north of Mexico are described, their diagnostic characters pointed out and illustrated, their distributions mapped, notes on their habitats given, and keys to genera, species groups and species provided. The genera Anyphaenella and Cragus are newly synonymized with Wulfila. Thirteen species are described as new: Anyphaena alachua, A. arbida, A. autumna, A. catalina, A. cochise, A. gertschi, A. gibboides, A. hespar, A. lacka, A. rita, Aysha arunda, Wulfila bryantae and W. wunda. Nineteen new synonymies are recognized.

}, url = {http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/pdf2/002221900025327.pdf}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {485, title = {On the pseudoscorpion-mimicking spider Cheliferoides (Araneae: Salticidae)}, journal = {Journal of the New York Entomological Society}, volume = {92}, year = {2004}, pages = {169-173}, abstract = {The male of Cheliferoides segmentatus F. O. P.-Cambridge is redescribed and the female is described for the first time; Cambridge{\textquoteright}s hypothesis that these spiders mimic pseudoscorpions is supported by the discovery of specmens living with chernetids.}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/25009424?uid=3738032\&uid=2134\&uid=9081344\&uid=2\&uid=70\&uid=3\&uid=992288\&uid=60\&purchase-type=none\&accessType=none\&sid=21104622668213\&showMyJstorPss=false\&seq=1\&showAccess=false}, author = {Platnick, Norman I} } @article {Costarina1, title = {The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3730}, year = {2012}, pages = {1-64.}, abstract = {

The type species of Costarina, C. plena (O. P.-Cambridge), is redescribed, has an unusually broad distribution (extending from southern Mexico to northern Costa Rica), and is sometimes sympatric with a relatively widespread new sibling species, C. subplena. The same region also houses 26 additional new species with much smaller distribution ranges: C. iviei, C. llama, C. oaxaca, C. mixtepec, C. naja, C. sepultura, and C. bochil from southern Mexico, C. belmopan, C. peten, C. macha, C. cahui, C. morales, and C. izabal from Belize and Guatemala, C. cortes, C. cofradia, C. cusuco, C. tela, C. ceiba, C. branstetteri, C. olancho, C. muralla, C. coma, and C. gracias from Honduras, and C. waspuk, C. musun, and C. blanco from Nicaragua. At least 11 of these highly localized, microdistributed species have been taken in sympatry with C. plena. Because C. plena and C. subplena are the only members of the genus that have been collected in western and southern Guatemala, we suspect that this area represents the original range of one or both of the widespread species. However, five pairs of the microdistributed species have also been taken in sympatry with each other (and in one case together with C. plena as well)

}, keywords = {Costarina}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/2246/6152}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Dup{\'e}rr{\'e}, Nadine} } @article {498, title = {The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae)}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3811}, year = {2014}, pages = {1-75}, abstract = {A new genus, Reductoonops, is established for a group of New World soft-bodied oonopine spiders, found from Mexico south to Chile, characterized by reduced size, a flattened clypeus, loss of the posterior median spinnerets, and often by loss of the four posterior eyes. Members of this group resemble those of Stenoonops Simon but lack the clump of short setae found on the dorsal surface of the palpal tarsus of both sexes in that genus, and often have four pairs of deep channels at the sides of the sternum, the most anterior pair of which demarcate a short, trapezoidal, anterior portion of the sternum. A total of 34 new species are described from Mexico (chamela, armeria, niltepec, real, nubes, jabin), Costa Rica (monte, lucha), Costa Rica and Panama (naci), Panama (almirante, escopeta, bayano), Jamaica (ferry), Curaçao (hato), Martinique (diamant), Colombia (marta, sasaima, meta, leticia), Ecuador (tandapi, pichincha, tina, domingo, otonga, palenque, napo, jatun, hedlite, molleturo, celica, yasuni), the Galapagos Islands (pinta), Peru (carpish), and Chile (elqui).}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Berniker, Lily} } @article {459, title = {The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3794}, year = {2014}, pages = {1-75}, abstract = {

The type species of Costarina, C. plena (O. P.-Cambridge), is widely distributed, occurring from southern Mexico to southern Costa Rica, but Costa Rica also houses an extraordinarily large fauna of endemic, less widely distributed Costarina species. In addition to the two previ- ously described species, C. meridina (Chickering, the female of which is newly described) and C. watina (Chickering), 49 new endemic species are described: C. paraplena, superplena, maritza, cima, elena, monte, murphyorum, chiles, upala, poas, selva, viejo, rafael, azul, carara, nara, aguirre, quepos, carrillo, ramon, isidro, san, cuerici, leones, junio, reventazon, macho, cruz, chonta, barbilla, espavel, veragua, pity, penshurst, hitoy, mooreorum, cerere, frantzius, gemelo, pittier, alturas, cruces, ubicki, palmar, parabio, semibio, jimenez, parapalmar, and osa. Two other species also occur in Costa Rica. Costarina concinna (Chickering) is placed as the male (and hence a senior synonym) of C. potena (Chickering), both of which were described from Volc\án, Panama; the species appears to be a relatively widespread, southern vicariant of C. plena. The Panamanian species C. obtina (Chickering) is also newly recorded from Costa Rica, and its female is described for the first time.

}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/6467}, author = {Platnick, Norman I and Berniker, Lily and V{\'\i}quez, Carlos} }