''Plator'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
n
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Trochanteriidae
Trochanteriidae is a family of spiders first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879 containing about 52 species in 6 genera. Most are Endemism, endemic to Australia though ''Doliomalus'' and ''Trochanteria'' are from South America and ''Plator (spi ...
, first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1880.
Species
it contains seventeen species:
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Plator bowo''
Zhu, Tang, Zhang & Song, 2006 — China
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Plator cyclicus''
Lin & Li, 2020 — China
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Plator dazhonghua''
Lin & Li, 2020 — China
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Plator hanyikani''
Lin & Li, 2020 — China
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Plator himalayaensis''
Tikader & Gajbe, 1976 — India
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Plator indicus''
Simon, 1897 — India
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Plator insolens''
Simon, 1880 — China
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Plator kamurai''
Lin & Li, 2020 — China
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Plator kashmirensis''
Tikader & Gajbe, 1973 — India
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Plator nipponicus''
(Kishida, 1914) — China, Korea, Japan
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Plator pandeae''
Tikader, 1969 — India, China
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Plator pennatus''
Platnick, 1976 — China
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Plator qiului''
Lin & Li, 2020 — China
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Plator serratus''
Lin & Zhu, 2016 — China
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Plator soastus''
Zamani & Marusik, 2022 — Pakistan
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Plator solanensis''
Tikader & Gajbe, 1976 — India
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Plator yunlong''
Zhu, Tang, Zhang & Song, 2006 — China
References
External links
Araneomorphae genera
Trochanteriidae
{{Trochanteriidae-stub