Platyoides is a genus of spiders belonging to the family Trochanteriidae. Its members are known as scorpion spiders and are found in sub-Saharan Africa and its islands, Madagascar, Réunion, Aldabra and the Canary Islands.
The genus is nocturnal in habit and has developed extreme flattening of the body adapted to living in narrow cracks, particularly under loose bark.
terminology. The word 'Platyoides' is a compound word broken up into two distinct parts. The first element of the word 'Platyoides' is 'Platy'. The ancient...
Platyoides grandidieri is a spider species in the genus Platyoides found in Kenya, Madagascar, Aldabra and Réunion. List of Trochanteriidae species List...
Scorpion spider may refer to: Platyoides and other genera of family Trochanteriidae Arachnura in the family Araneidae Note: The latter group is also named...
Doliomalus and Trochanteria are from South America and Plator is from Asia. Platyoides species exist in southern and eastern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary...
Gajbe, 1976 — India P. yunlong Zhu, Tang, Zhang & Song, 2006 — China Platyoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891 P. alpha Lawrence, 1928 — Angola, Namibia,...
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