Platocoelotes Explained

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

Species

it contains twenty-three species:^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

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