{{Short description|Species of spider}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Olin | species = platnicki | parent_authority = {{nowrap|Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001}}<ref name=WSC_g3783/> | authority=Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001<ref name=WSC_s42890/> }}
'''''Olin platnicki''''' is the only species in the monotypic [[spider]] genus '''''Olin''''' in the family [[Trachycosmidae]]. It is native to [[Christmas Island]] and [[Sulawesi]].<ref name=WSC_s42890/>
==Taxonomy== The genus and species were first described in 2001 by [[Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold]].<ref name=WSC_g3783/> The generic name "''Olin''" was a random combination of letters, and the specific name "''platnicki''" is in honour of [[Norman Platnick]].<ref name=deelemanreinhold2001/>
==Characteristics== ''Olin'' has long and projected [[chelicera]]e, and a relatively broad and low [[carapace]], with the [[Arthropod mouthpart#Maxilla|maxillae]] long and nearly parallel, with depressions laterally. There is little [[sexual dimorphism]] and no elongation on the fourth [[Arthropod leg#Trochanter|trochanter]] or [[Arthropod leg#Coxa|coxae]].<ref name=deelemanreinhold2001/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=deelemanreinhold2001>{{cite book |last1=Deeleman-Reinhold |first1=Christa L. |title=Forest spiders of South East Asia : with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, and Trochanterriidae) |date=2001 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=90-04-11959-0 |pages=566–567}}</ref>
<ref name=WSC_g3783>{{cite web |title=Gen. ''Olin'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3783 |accessdate=February 15, 2016 }}</ref>
<ref name=WSC_s42890>{{cite web |title=''Olin platnicki'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum of Bern |url=http://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/42890 |accessdate=February 10, 2016 }}</ref> }}
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[[Category:Trochanteriidae]] [[Category:Spiders described in 2001]] [[Category:Spiders of Asia]]
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