Norman Ira Platnick

Platnick genus see Platnick (Marusik & Fomichev)

Norman Ira Platnick (30 December 1951 - 8 April 2020), American arachnologist.

Associate Curator, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, City College, City University of New York

Taxon names authored

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754 taxon names authored by Norman Ira Platnick

Publications

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1972

Platnick, N.I. 1972. Notes on the pepinensis group of the crab spider genus Ebo (Araneae: Thomisidae). Psyche, Cambridge 79(1-2): 58-60. DOI: 10.1155/1972/62385. . Reference page.
Sauer, R.J. & Platnick, N.I. 1972. The crab spider genus Ebo (Araneida: Thomisidae) in the United States and Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 104(1): 35-60. DOI: 10.4039/Ent10435-1 . Reference page.

1973

Platnick, N.I. 1973. A Revision of the North American Spiders of the Family Anyphaenidae. Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University.

1974

Platnick, N.I. 1974. The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 146: 205-266. Reference page.

1975

Platnick, N.I. 1975: A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum novitates 2562: 1-32. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1975a. A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2578: 1-19. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1975b. A revision of the Holarctic spider genus Callilepis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2573: 1-32. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1975c. A revision of the South American spider genus Trachelopachys (Araneae, Clubionidae). American Museum novitates 2589: 1-25. Reference page.
Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick, N.I. 1975. A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia (Araneae, Ctenizidae). American Museum novitates 2580: 1-20. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Lau, A. 1975. A revision of the celer group of the spider genus Anyphaena (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) in Mexico and Central America. American Museum novitates 2575: 1-36. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1975. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155: 1-66. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1975a. A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum novitates 2583: 1-40. Reference page.

1976

Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1976: On Colombian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2605: 1-8. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1976a: A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Zimiromus, with notes on Echemus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2609: 1-24. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1976b: A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2598: 1-23. Reference page.

1977

Platnick, N.I. 1977: A prodidomine spider from Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 72-73. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1977a. New species and records of the Anyphaena celer group in Mexico (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Journal of Arachnology 4: 207-210. Reference page.
Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1977: A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2619: 1-29. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1977: On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2633: 1-17. full article (PDF). Reference page.

1978

Platnick, N.I. 1978. Two new species of Lygromma (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 5: 151-152. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1978. A review of the spider genus Anapis (Araneae, Anapidae), with a dual cladistic analysis. American Museum novitates 2663: 1-23. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1978a. A review of the spider genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae). American Museum novitates 2661: 1-22. Reference page.

1979

Platnick, N.I. 1979. A new Symphytognatha from New Guinea (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 337-338. Reference page.
Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick 1979. A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2687: 1-32. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Paz Salamandra, N. 1979: On the Cryptocellus magnus group (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2677: 1-9. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1979: A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Echemoides, with notes on other echemines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2669: 1-22. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1979a: A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis (Araneae, Anapidae). American Museum Novitates 2672: 1-20. Reference page.

1980

Gertsch, W.J. & Platnick, N.I. 1980. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum novitates 2704. Handle. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Höfer, H. 1990: Systematics and ecology of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from central Amazonian inundation forests. American Museum novitates 2971: 1-16. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1980: A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 165: 335-386. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1980a: A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2691: 1-26. full article (PDF).Reference page.

1981

Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1981. A textricellid spider from Chile (Araneae, Textricellidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 263-270. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1981: On Central American Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2711: 1-21. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1981a: A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 176-182. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1981b: New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 189-196. Reference page.
Raven, R.J. & Platnick, NI. 1981: A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2707: 1-20. Reference page.

1982

Platnick, N.I. & Pass, G., 1982. On a New Guatemalan Pseudocellus (Arachnida,Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2733: 1-6 full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1982: A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2748: 1-38. full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1982. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173: 1–97 PDF Reference page.

1983

Platnick, N.I. 1983: A review of the chilensis group of the spider genus Echemoides (Araneae, Gnaphosidae. American Museum novitates 2760: 1-18. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1983. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Apodrassodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2763: 1-14. Reference page.

1984

Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1–106. hdl: 2246/991 Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Murphy, J.A., 1984. A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2792: 1-30 Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Sedgwick, W.C. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae). American Museum Novitates 2781: 1-31. hdl: 2246/5262 . Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1984. A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2788: 1-9. full article (PDF).Reference page.

1985

Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1985: A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 181: 1–229. handle [July 25, 1985] Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1985. On the Chilean spiders of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 399-400. full article (PDF). Reference page.

1986

Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. & Platnick, N.I. 1986. A new Panjange from northern Borneo (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of The New York Entomological Society 94(4): 559–561. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1986. On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2855: 1-16. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1986. On Teutoniella, an American genus of the spider family Micropholcommatidae (Araneae, Palpimanoidea). American Museum Novitates 2854: 1-9. Reference page. .

1987

Forster, R.R., Platnick, N.I. & Gray, M.R. 1987. A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 185: 1–116. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Murphy, J.A., 1987. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 3. The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum novitates 2874: 1-33 full article (PDF). Reference page.
Sedgwick, W.C. & Platnick, N.I. 1987. A new species of Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Johore, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 41(2–3): 361-363. Reference page.

1988

Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1988. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2916: 1–64. Reference page.

1989

Platnick, N.I. 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. ISBN 0-7190-2782-9 Manchester University Press: 1-673. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1989: A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 190: 1-139. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Ubick, D. 1989: A revision of the spider genus Drassinella (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum novitates, 2937: 1-12. full article (PDF). Reference page.

1990

Platnick, N.I. 1990. Spinneret Morphology and the Phylogeny of Ground Spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates No. 2978: 1–42. hdl: 2246/5065
Platnick, N.I. & Griffin, E. 1990: On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum novitates 2995: 1-11. full article (PDF). Reference page.

1991

Platnick, N.I. 1991. On Malagasy Archaea (Araneae, Archaeidae). Journal of African Zoology 105: 135-140. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Ovtsharenko, V.I. 1991. On Eurasian and American Talanites (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 115-121. Reference page.
Ubick, D. & Platnick, N.I. 1991: On Hesperocranum, a new spider genus from western North America (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum novitates 3019: 1-12. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I., Coddington, J.A., Forster, R.R. & Griswold, C.E. 1991. Spinneret Morphology and the Phylogeny of Haplogyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae). American Museum Novitates No. 3016: 1–73. hdl: 2246/5043

1992

Platnick, N.I. & di Franco, F. 1992: On The Relationships of the Spider Genus Cybaeodes (Araneae,Dionycha). American Museum novitates 3053: 1-9. Reference page.

1993

Alayón García, G. & Platnick, N.I. 1993. A review of the Cuban ground spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3062: 1-9. Reference page.

Eberhard, W.G., Platnick, N.I. & Schuh, R.T. 1993. Natural history and systematics of arthropod symbionts (Araneae; Hemiptera; Diptera) inhabiting webs of the spider Tengella radiata (Araneae, Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates 3065: 1-17. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1993. Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980. The New York Entomological Society, New York: 1–846. ISBN 978-0-913424-10-0. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1993. A revision of the New Caledonian spider genus Bradystichus (Araneae, Lycosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3075: 1-14. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Shadab, M.U. 1993. A review of the pirate spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae) of Chile. American Museum Novitates 3074: 1-30. Reference page.

1994

Ovtsharenko, V.I., Levy, G. & Platnick, N.I. 1994: A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3095: 1-27. full article (PDF). Reference page.

1995

Ovtsharenko, V.I., Platnick, N.I. & Marusik, Y.M. 1995: A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3147: 1-55. hdl: 2246/3560 . Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. 1995. A revision of the spider genus Orthonops (Araneae, Caponiidae). American Museum Novitates 3150: 1-18. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Baptista, R.L.C. 1995. On the spider genus Attacobius (Araneae, Dionycha). American Museum Novitates 3120: 1-9. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Ewing, C. 1995. A revision of the tracheline spiders (Araneae, Corinnidae) of southern South America. American Museum Novitates 3128: 1-41. Reference page.

1997

Platnick, N.I., Schwendinger, P.J. & Steiner, H. 1997. Three new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Malaysia. American Museum Novitates 3209: 1-13. hdl: 2246/3614 . Reference page.

1998

Platnick, N.I. 1998. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992–1995, with Redescriptions 1940–1980. Journal of the New York Entomological Society p. 976.

1999

Platnick, N.I., Grismado, C.J. & Ramírez, M.J. 1999: On the genera of the spider subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum novitates 3257: 1-25. Reference page.
Griswold, C.E., Coddington, J.A., Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1999. Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology Vol. 27, p. 53–63. PDF.
Platnick, N.I. 1999. Dimensions Of Biodiversity: Targeting Megadiverse Groups, (from: Cracraft, Joel & Grifo, Francesca T. (eds.): The living planet in crisis: biodiversity science and policy). Columbia University Press, New York, p. 33–52.

2000

Platnick, N.I. 2000. A Relimitation and Revision of the Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 245: p 1–330. hdl: 2246/1592

2002

Platnick, N.I. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (271) 1–243 DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. (PDF) Reference page.

2005

Platnick, N.I., Shadab, M.U. & Sorkin, L.N. 2005: On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão. American Museum novitates 3499: 1-31. Reference page.

2006

Platnick, N.I. & Baehr, B.C. 2006: A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 298: 1-287. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. Reference page.

2007

Platnick, N.I. & Bird, T.L. 2007. On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae). American Museum Novitates 3552: 1-8. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Horner, N.V. 2007. A new species of Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from west Texas. Journal of Arachnology 35: 197-198. full article (PDF). Reference page.

2008

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

2009

Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2009. The Goblin Spider Genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3649: 1–43. Abstract. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2009a. The American goblin spiders of the new genus Escaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 328: 1-151. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Jäger, P. 2009. A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. Zookeys 16: 209–215. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.231. Reference page.

2010

Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2010. The goblin spider genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 332: 1–156. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2010a. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Niarchos and Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 345: 1–120. Reference page.
Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2010. A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies. American Museum novitates 3705: 1-44. DOI: 10.1206/3705.2. . Reference page.

2011

Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2011. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genus Scaphidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Dysderina. American Museum novitates 3712: 1–51. DOI: 10.1206/3712.2 Reference page.

2012

Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2012. The Caribbean goblin spider genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3751: 1–62. DOI: 10.1206/3751.2 . hdl: 2246/6320 . Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Dupérré, N. 2012. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), part 1. American Museum novitates 3730: 1–64. DOI: 10.1206/3730.2 Reference page.
Platnick, N.I., Dupérré, N., Ubick, D. & Fannes, W. 2012. Got Males?: The enigmatic goblin spider genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3756: 1-36. DOI: 10.1206/3756.2 . ResearchGate Reference page.

2013

Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2013. The soft-bodied goblin spiders of the new genus Noonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3776: 1–48. DOI: 10.1206/3776.2 Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Raven, R.J. 2013. Spider systematics: past and future. Zootaxa 3683(5): 595–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.5.8 Reference page.

2014

Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2014. The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates, 3811: 1–75. DOI: 10.1206/3811.1 Reference page.
Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2014. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), part 3. American Museum novitates 3819: 1–67. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Platnick, N.I., Berniker, L. & Víquez, C. 2014. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna. American Museum novitates 3794: 1–75. DOI: 10.1206/3794.1 Reference page.
Platnick, N.I., Berniker, L. & Víquez, C. 2014. A new goblin spider genus of the Zyngoonops group from Costa Rica, with notes on Coxapopha (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3820 DOI: 10.1206/3820.1 Reference page.

2015

Bolzern, A., Platnick, N.I. & Berniker, L. 2015. Three new genera of soft-bodied goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 3824: 1-59. DOI: 10.1206/3824.1. . Reference page.

2019

Ramírez, M.J., Grismado, C.J., Ubick, D., Ovtsharenko, V.I., Cushing, P.E., Platnick, N.I., Wheeler, W.C., Prendini, L., Crowley, L.M. & Horner, N.V. 2019. Myrmecicultoridae, a New Family of Myrmecophilic Spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae: Entelegynae). American Museum Novitates 3930: 1-24. Reference page.

2021

Haddad, C.R., Jin, C., Platnick, N.I. & Booysen, R. 2021. Capobula gen. nov., a new Afrotropical dark sac spider genus related to Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 4942(1): 041–071. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.2. . Reference page.

2022

Haddad, C.R., Jin, C. & Platnick, N.I. 2022. A revision of the spider genus Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae) in the Afrotropical Region. I. Continental species. Zootaxa 5133(3): 355–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.3.3. Reference page.
Platnick, N.I., Chamé-Vázquez, D. & Ibarra-Núñez, G. 2022. The guardstone spiders of the genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from northeastern Mexico. Zootaxa 5219(1): 001–048. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.1.1. . Reference page.

2024

Platnick, N.I. & Chamé-Vázquez, D. 2024. The Guardstone Spiders of the genus Scotinella (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) in the Southeastern United States. Zootaxa 5428(3): 301–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.3.1. . Reference page.

References

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