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Taxa dedicated to Norman I. Platnick

Authors: Prendini, L.

DOIPDF
Journal
Entomologica Americana
Volume and pages
126(1‑4): 101‑107.
Year
2021
Published
January 7, 2021
Citation
Prendini, L. 2021. Taxa dedicated to Norman I. Platnick. Entomologica Americana 126(1‑4): 101‑107.. https://doi.org/10.1664/1947-5136-126.1.101

Abstract

A list of 58 patronyms honoring the late Norman I. Platnick at the time of publication, is presented: six genera of spiders (Araneae Clerck, 1757), NormplatnickaRix and Harvey, 2010, PlatnickiaJocqué, 1991, Platnickina Koçak and Kemal, 2008, PlatnickniaÖzdikmen and Demir, 2009 (= ModisimusSimon, 1893), PlatnickopodaJäger, 2020, and PlatnickMarusik and Fomichev, 2020, with their subordinate species; 41 species of spiders (in 23 families), three scorpions (Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837), three harvestmen (Opiliones Sundevall, 1833), two hooded-tick spiders (Ricinulei Thorell, 1876), a whip spider (Amblypygi Thorell, 1833), a false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones Haeckel, 1866), and a millipede (Diplopoda Blainville, 1844).

Keywords and Taxa

  • Arachnida
  • Amblypygi
  • Ricinulei
  • Araneae
  • Opiliones
  • Pseudoscorpiones
  • Scorpiones
  • Acari
  • Spider
  • Scorpion
  • Zoology