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Platnickopoda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Platnickopoda Jäger, 2020
Type species
P. normani Jäger, 2020
Species
Platnickopoda normani Jäger, 2020 Platnickopoda saccata (Järvi, 1912)

Platnickopoda is a small genus of east African huntsman spiders. It was first described by Peter Jäger in 2020, and it has only been found in Tanzania. As of April 2022 it contains only two species: P. normani and P. saccata.

See also

• Rhitymna
• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. ^ "Gen. Platnickopoda Jäger, 2020". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
2. Jäger, P. (2020). "Platnickopoda gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from Tanzania (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)". Arachnology. 18 (5): 499–506. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.5.499.

Further reading

• Jäger, P.; Kunz, D. (2005). "An illustrated key to genera of African huntsman spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 85 (2): 163–213.

• Jäger, P. (2003). "Rhitymna Simon 1897: an Asian, not an African spider genus. Generic limits and descriptions of new species (Arachnida, Araneae, Sparassidae)". Senckenbergiana Biologica. 82: 99–125.

• Järvi, T. H. (1912). "Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. I. Allgemeiner Teil". Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. 4: 1–131, pl.

• Järvi, T. H. (1914). "Das Vaginalsystem der Sparassiden. II. Spezieller Teil". Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae. 4: 118–235.

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