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Taxa Dedicated to Norman I. Platnick Entomologica Americana 126(1–4):101–107, 2020 TAXA DEDICATED TO NORMAN I. PLATNICK LORENZO PRENDINI Curator of Arachnida and Myriapoda th Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79 Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/entomologica-americana/article-pdf/126/1-4/101/2708014/i1947-5136-126-1-101.pdf by guest on 25 September 2021 Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract—A list of 58 patronyms honoring the late Norman I. Platnick at the time of publication, is presented: six genera of spiders (Araneae Clerck, 1757), Normplatnicka Rix and Harvey, 2010, Platnickia Jocque´ , 1991, Platnickina Koc¸ ak and Kemal, 2008, Platnicknia Ozdikmen¨ and Demir, 2009 (¼ Modisimus Simon, 1893), Platnickopoda Jager,¨ 2020, and Platnick Marusik and Fomichev, 2020, with their subordinate species; 41 species of spiders (in 23 families), three scorpions (Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837), three harvestmen (Opiliones Sundevall, 1833), two hooded-tick spiders (Ricinulei Thorell, 1876), a whip spider (Amblypygi Thorell, 1833), a false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones Haeckel, 1866), and a millipede (Diplopoda Blainville, 1844). Key words: Norman I. Platnick, dedicated taxa, patronyms, arachnology, Amblypygi, Araneae, Diplopoda, Opiliones, Ricinulei, Scorpiones, taxonomy. INTRODUCTION printed and online catalogs (Fet et al., 2000; Giribet, 2000; Harvey, 2003, 2013a, b; Kury, Dr. Norman Ira Platnick, Curator Emeritus at 2003). Taxa are arranged systematically into two the American Museum of Natural History, New lists, the first providing genus-group patronyms York, passed away on 8 April 2020 in Philadel- and the second providing species-group patronyms. phia, PA, after a tragic accident. Norm, as he was Original names and synonyms are provided in known to friends and colleagues, was a prolific square brackets after currently recognized names. scientist. The exceptional body of work he published over the course of a four-and-a-half- GENUS-GROUP NAMES WITH SUBORDINATE SPECIES decade career fundamentally affected several fields, especially arachnology and the study of CLASS ARACHNIDA LAMARCK, 1801 spiders (Araneae Clerck, 1757), in particular. ORDER ARANEAE CLERCK, 1757 In recognition of his contributions, six spider FAMILY ANAPIDAE SIMON, 1895 genera, Normplatnicka Rix and Harvey, 2010, Normplatnicka Rix and Harvey, 2010 [type species: Platnickia Jocque´ , 1991, Platnickina Koc¸ ak and Textricella lamingtonensis Forster, 1959 ¼ Norm- Kemal, 2008, Platnicknia Ozdikmen¨ and Demir, platnicka lamingtonensis (Forster, 1959)] 2009 (¼ Modisimus Simon, 1893), Platnickopoda Normplatnicka barrettae Rix and Harvey, 2010 Jager,¨ 2020, and Platnick Marusik and Fomichev, Normplatnicka chilensis Rix and Harvey, 2010 2020, and 41 species of spiders (in 23 families), Normplatnicka lamingtonensis (Forster, 1959) [¼ three scorpions (Scorpiones C. L. Koch, 1837), Textricella lamingtonensis Forster, 1959] three harvestmen (Opiliones Sundevall, 1833), two hooded-tick spiders (Ricinulei Thorell, 1876), a FAMILY LIOCRANIDAE SIMON, 1897 whip spider (Amblypygi Thorell, 1833), a false scorpion (Pseudoscorpiones Haeckel, 1866), and a Platnick Marusik and Fomichev, 2020 [type millipede (Diplopoda Blainville, 1844) are named species: Platnick shablyai Marusik and Fomi- in his honor (Tables 1, 2). chev, 2020] MATERIAL AND METHODS FAMILY PHOLCIDAE C. L. KOCH, 1850 The 58 names dedicated to Norman I. Platnick Platnicknia Ozdikmen¨ and Demir, 2009 [type in the last 43 years are listed below. Data were species: Systenita coxana Bryant, 1940 ¼ Mod- obtained from the World Spider Catalog Version isimus coxanus (Bryant, 1940); synonym of 21.0 (2020), Millibase (Sierwald and Spelda, 2020), Modisimus Simon, 1893] 102 ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA Vol. 126(1–4) Table 1. Number of arachnid and myriapod genus- maculata (Yoshida, 2001); replacement name group and species-group names honoring Norman I. for Keijia Yoshida, 2001] Platnick. Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) [¼ Theridion Class Order Genera Species Total adamsoni Berland, 1934; synonym of Platnick- ina mneon (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906)] Arachnida Amblypygi 1 1 Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch and Archer, Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/entomologica-americana/article-pdf/126/1-4/101/2708014/i1947-5136-126-1-101.pdf by guest on 25 September 2021 Araneae 6 41 47 1942) [¼ Theridion alabamense Gertsch and Opiliones 3 3 Archer, 1942] Pseudoscorpiones 1 1 Ricinulei 2 2 Platnickina antoni (Keyserling, 1884) [¼ Theridion Scorpiones 3 3 antonii Keyserling, 1884] Diplopoda Chordeumatida 1 1 Platnickina blatchleyi (Bryant, 1945) [¼ Theridion Total 6 52 58 blatchleyi Bryant, 1945; synonym of Platnickina mneon (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906)] FAMILY SPARASSIDAE BERTKAU, 1872 Platnickina cinerascens (Roewer, 1942) [¼ Ther- idion cinerascens Roewer, 1942; synonym of Platnickopoda Jager,¨ 2020 [type species: Platnick- Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch and Archer, opoda normani Jager,¨ 2020] 1942)] Platnickopoda normani Jager,¨ 2020 Platnickina fritilla Gao and Li, 2014 Platnickopoda saccata (Jarvi,¨ 1912) [¼ Rhitymna Platnickina hobbsi (Gertsch and Archer, 1942) [¼ saccata Jarvi,¨ 1912] Theridion hobbsi Archer, 1946; synonym of Platnickina mneon (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906)] FAMILY THERIDIIDAE SUNDEVALL, 1833 Platnickina insulicola (Bryant, 1947) [¼ Theridion Platnickina Koc¸ ak and Kemal, 2008 [type species: insulicola Bryant, 1947; synonym of Platnickina Keijia maculata Yoshida, 2001 ¼ Platnickina mneon (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906)] Table 2. Number of araneomorph and mygalomorph spider genus-group and species-group names honoring Norman I. Platnick. Infraorder Family Genera Species Total Araneomorphae Agelenidae 1 1 Amaurobiidae 1 1 Anapidae 1 2 3 Araneidae 1 1 Archaeidae 1 1 Corinnidae 1 1 Gnaphosidae 7 7 Linyphiidae 1 1 Liocranidae 1 1 1 Malkaridae 1 1 Mecysmaucheniidae 1 1 Oonopidae 6 6 Palpimanidae 1 1 Pholcidae 1 2 3 Salticidae 6 6 Sparassidae 1 2 3 Theridiidae 1 1 Trochanteriidae 1 1 Zodariidae 1 1 Mygalomorphae Barychelidae 1 1 Dipluridae 1 1 Idiopidae 1 1 Theraphosidae 2 2 Total 6 41 47 2020 TAXA DEDICATED TO NORMAN I. PLATNICK 103 Platnickina kijabei (Berland, 1920) [¼ Theridion FAMILY AMAUROBIIDAE THORELL, 1870 kijabei Berland, 1920] Teeatta platnicki Davies, 2005 Platnickina maculata (Yoshida, 2001) [¼ Keijia maculata Yoshida, 2001] Platnickina magnificum (Archer, 1950) [¼ Chindel- FAMILY ANAPIDAE SIMON, 1895 lum magnificum Archer, 1950; synonym of Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/entomologica-americana/article-pdf/126/1-4/101/2708014/i1947-5136-126-1-101.pdf by guest on 25 September 2021 Platnickina mneon (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906)] Anapisona platnicki Brignoli, 1981 Platnickina mneon (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906) [¼ Gigiella platnicki Rix and Harvey, 2010 Theridion mneon Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906] Platnickina nigropunctata (Lucas, 1846) [¼ Ther- idion nigropunctatum Lucas, 1846] FAMILY ARANEIDAE CLERCK, 1757 Platnickina punctosparsa (Emerton, 1882) [¼ Ther- Neoscona platnicki Gajbe and Gajbe, 2001 idion puncto-sparsum Emerton, 1882] Platnickina qionghaiensis (Zhu, 1998) [¼ Theridion qionghaiensis Zhu, 1998] FAMILY ARCHAEIDAE C. L. KOCH Platnickina sterninotata (Bosenberg¨ and Strand, AND BERENDT, 1854 1906) [¼ Theridion sterninotatum Bosenberg¨ and Strand, 1906] Austrarchaea platnickorum Rix and Harvey, 2011 Platnickina talmo (Chamberlin and Ivie, 1944) [¼ Theridion talmo Chamberlin and Ivie, 1944; FAMILY BARYCHELIDAE SIMON, 1889 synonym of Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch and Archer, 1942)] Mandjelia platnicki Raven, 1994 Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) [¼ Aranea tincta Walckenaer, 1802] FAMILY CORINNIDAE KARSCH, 1880 Hortipes platnicki Bosselaers and Jocque´ , 2000 FAMILY ZODARIIDAE THORELL, 1881 Platnickia Jocque´ , 1991 [type species: Drassus elegans Nicolet, 1849 ¼ Platnickia elegans FAMILY DIPLURIDAE SIMON, 1889 (Nicolet, 1849)] Chilehexops platnicki Coyle, 1986 Platnickia bergi (Simon, 1895) [¼ Storena bergi Simon, 1895] Platnickia bolson Grismado and Platnick, 2008 FAMILY GNAPHOSIDAE POCOCK1898 Platnickia elegans (Nicolet, 1849) [¼ Drassus elegans Nicolet, 1849] Drassodes platnicki Song, Zhu and Zhang, 2004 Platnickia roble Grismado and Platnick, 2008 [synonym of Drassodes natali Esyunin and Platnickia wedalen Grismado and Platnick, 2008 Tuneva, 2002] Drassyllus platnicki Gajbe, 1987 Eilica platnicki Tikader and Gajbe, 1977 SPECIES-GROUP NAMES Marjanus platnicki (Zhang, Song and Zhu, 2001) [¼ Zelotes platnicki Zhang, Song and Zhu, CLASS ARACHNIDA LAMARCK, 1801 2001] ORDER AMBLYPYGI THORELL, 1883 Parasyrisca platnicki Marusik, Fomichev and FAMILY CHARINIDAE QUINTERO, 1986 Omelko, 2019 Charinus platnicki (Quintero, 1986) [¼ Tricharinus Zimiris platnicki (Alayon,´ 1992) [¼ Neozimiris platnicki Quintero, 1986] platnicki Alayon,´ 1992; synonym of Zimiris doriae Simon, 1882] Zimiromus platnicki Brescovit and Hofer,¨ 1994 ORDER ARANEAE CLERCK, 1757 FAMILY AGELENIDAE C. L. KOCH, 1837 FAMILY IDIOPIDAE SIMON, 1889 Femoracoelotes platnicki (Wang and Ono, 1998) [¼ Coelotes platnicki Wang and Ono, 1998] Neocteniza platnicki Goloboff, 1987 104 ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA Vol. 126(1–4) FAMILY LINYPHIIDAE BLACKWALL, 1859 FAMILY SPARASSIDAE BERTKAU, 1872 Agyneta platnicki Dupe´ rre´ , 2013 May norm Jager¨ and Krehenwinkel, 2015 Platnickopoda normani Jager,¨ 2020 FAMILY LIOCRANIDAE SIMON, 1897 FAMILY THERAPHOSIDAE THORELL, 1869 Downloaded from http://meridian.allenpress.com/entomologica-americana/article-pdf/126/1-4/101/2708014/i1947-5136-126-1-101.pdf
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