# Olin platnicki

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Species of spider

Olin platnicki Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Infraorder: Araneomorphae Family: Trachycosmidae Genus: Olin Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001[2] Species: O. platnicki Binomial name Olin platnicki Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001[1]

***Olin platnicki*** is the only species in the monotypic [spider](/source/Spider) genus ***Olin*** in the family [Trachycosmidae](/source/Trachycosmidae). It is native to [Christmas Island](/source/Christmas_Island) and [Sulawesi](/source/Sulawesi).[1]

## Taxonomy

The genus and species were first described in 2001 by [Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold](/source/Christa_L._Deeleman-Reinhold).[2] The generic name "*Olin*" was a random combination of letters, and the specific name "*platnicki*" is in honour of [Norman Platnick](/source/Norman_Platnick).[3]

## Characteristics

*Olin* has long and projected [chelicerae](/source/Chelicera), and a relatively broad and low [carapace](/source/Carapace), with the [maxillae](/source/Arthropod_mouthpart#Maxilla) long and nearly parallel, with depressions laterally. There is little [sexual dimorphism](/source/Sexual_dimorphism) and no elongation on the fourth [trochanter](/source/Arthropod_leg#Trochanter) or [coxae](/source/Arthropod_leg#Coxa).[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WSC_s42890_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WSC_s42890_1-1) ["*Olin platnicki* Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001"](http://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/42890). *World Spider Catalog*. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved February 10, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WSC_g3783_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WSC_g3783_2-1) ["Gen. *Olin* Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3783). *World Spider Catalog*. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved February 15, 2016.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-deelemanreinhold2001_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-deelemanreinhold2001_3-1) Deeleman-Reinhold, Christa L. (2001). *Forest spiders of South East Asia : with a revision of the sac and ground spiders (Araneae: Clubionidae, Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Gnaphosidae, Prodidomidae, and Trochanterriidae)*. Leiden: Brill. pp. 566–567. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [90-04-11959-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/90-04-11959-0).

Taxon identifiers Olin platnicki Wikidata: Q3012898 Wikispecies: Olin platnicki ADW: Olin BioLib: 774085 EoL: 1215456 GBIF: 2178423 iNaturalist: 802620 IRMNG: 10436394 ITIS: 884845 Open Tree of Life: 4694778 WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037334

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