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Olin platnicki
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Trachycosmidae
Genus:	Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001
Species:	O. platnicki
Binomial name
Olin platnicki Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001

Olin platnicki is the only species in the monotypic spider genus Olin in the family Trachycosmidae. It is native to Christmas Island and Sulawesi.

Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 2001 by Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold. The generic name "Olin" was a random combination of letters, and the specific name "platnicki" is in honour of Norman Platnick.

Characteristics

Olin 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.

References

1. ^ "Olin platnicki Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
2. ^ "Gen. Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
3. ^ 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.

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