Platocoelotes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Agelenoidea

Familia: Agelenidae
Subfamilia: Coelotinae
Genus: Platocoelotes
Species: P. ampulliformis – P. bifidus – P. brevis – P. daweishanensis – P. fanjingshan – P. furcatus – P. globosus – P. icohamatoides – P. imperfectus – P. impletus – P. kailiensis – P. latus – P. lichuanensis – P. luoi – P. qinglinensis – P. paralatus – P. polyptychus – P. shuiensis – P. strombuliformis – P. tianyangensis – P. uenoi – P. xianwuensis – P. zhuchuandiani
Name

Platocoelotes Wang, 2002

Type species: Coelotes impletus Peng & Wang, 1997.
References

Chen, L., Zhao, Z. & Li, S-Q. 2015: Five new Platocoelotes species (Araneae, Agelenidae) from caves in southern China. Zookeys. 512: 1–18. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.512.9989 full article Reference page.
Liu, J. & Li, S.Q. 2008a. Four new cave–dwelling Platocoelotes species (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Guangxi and Guizhou, China. Zootaxa 1778: 48–58. Abstract & excerpt.Paywall. Reference page.
Liu, J.Y. & Li, H.H. 2012: One new cave dwelling Platocoelotes spider (Araneae, Agelenidae) from Chongqing, China. Acta zootaxonomica sinica 37(1): 88–92. Reference page.
Okumura, K-i. 2010: First description of the male of Platocoelotes uenoi (Yamaguchi & Yaginuma 1971), n. comb. and a new record of Draconarius coreanus (Paik & Yaginuma 1969) (Araneae: Coelotidae) from Kyushu, Japan. Acta arachnologica, 59 (1): 5–7. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.59.5
Wang, X.-p. 2002: A generic-level revision of the spider subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, (269 )
Xu, X. & S. Li 2008: New species of the spider genus Platocoelotes Wang, 2002 (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115 (1): 85–94.
Yin, H.; Xu, X.; Yan, H. 2010: A new Platocoelotes species and first description of the male of Platocoelotes icohamatoides from Hunan, China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae: Coelotinae). Zootaxa, 2399: 42–50. Preview

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Platocoelotes is a genus of East Asian funnel weavers first described by X. P. Wang in 2002.[2] They are all found in China except for Platocoelotes uenoi, found in Japan.[1]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains twenty-three species:[1]

Platocoelotes ampulliformis Liu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes bifidus Yin, Xu & Yan, 2010 – China
Platocoelotes brevis Liu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes daweishanensis Xu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes fanjingshan Jiang, Chen & Zhang, 2018 – China
Platocoelotes furcatus Liu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes globosus Xu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes icohamatoides (Peng & Wang, 1997) – China
Platocoelotes imperfectus Wang & Jäger, 2007 – China
Platocoelotes impletus (Peng & Wang, 1997) – China
Platocoelotes kailiensis Wang, 2003 – China
Platocoelotes latus Xu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes lichuanensis (Chen & Zhao, 1998) – China
Platocoelotes luoi Chen & Li, 2015 – China
Platocoelotes paralatus Xu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes polyptychus Xu & Li, 2007 – China
Platocoelotes qinglinensis Chen & Li, 2015 – China
Platocoelotes shuiensis Chen & Li, 2015 – China
Platocoelotes strombuliformis Liu & Li, 2008 – China
Platocoelotes tianyangensis Chen & Li, 2015 – China
Platocoelotes uenoi (Yamaguchi & Yaginuma, 1971) – Japan
Platocoelotes xianwuensis Chen & Li, 2015 – China
Platocoelotes zhuchuandiani Liu & Li, 2012 – China

References

"Gen. Platocoelotes Wang, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-07.
Wang, X. P. (2002). "A generic-level revision of the spider subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 269: 1–150. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)269<0001:AGLROT>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 83668330.