Platocoelotes lichuanensis (Chen & Zhao, 1998)

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Distribution: China

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  • Holotype: Centre for Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), College of Life Sciences [= Museum of Hubei University (MHU)], Hubei University, Wuhan, China m - (Chen & Zhao, 1998)
Taxonomic References
Coelotes lichuanensis Chen & Zhao, 1998: 3, f. 1.1-3 (Dm) Original description
Platocoelotes lichuanensis Wang, 2002: 122 (T from Coelotes)
Platocoelotes lichuanensis Wang, 2003: 563, f. 78A-B (m)
Platocoelotes lichuanensis Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2017: 518, f. 341A-B (m)
Platocoelotes lichuanensis Wang et al., 2026f: 97, f. 75A-G (m, Df)
References

Chen, J. & Zhao, J. Z. (1998). A new species of genus Coelotes and a species of genus Agelena from southwest Hubei, China (Araneae: Amaurobiidae, Agelenidae). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 17(1): 3-4. -- Show included taxa

Wang, X. P. (2002). A generic-level revision of the spider subfamily Coelotinae (Araneae, Amaurobiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 269: 1-150. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)269<0001:AGLROT>2.0.CO;2 -- Show included taxa

Wang, X. P. (2003). Species revision of the coelotine spider genera Bifidocoelotes, Coronilla, Draconarius, Femoracoelotes, Leptocoelotes, Longicoelotes, Platocoelotes, Spiricoelotes, Tegecoelotes, and Tonsilla (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 499-662. -- Show included taxa

Wang, L.-Y., Irfan, M., Shi, Z.-J. & Zhang, Z.-S. (2026f). Unveiling the diversity and distribution of Coelotinae (Araneae, Agelenidae) spiders from Chongqing, China. Zootaxa 5892(1): 1-169. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5892.1.1 ZooBank: 129AB73C-57F7-4377-A0AA-91A7D3C7D785 -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S., Wang, X. P. & Zhang, Z. S. (2017). Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata Vol. 59: Arachnida: Araneae: Agelenidae and Amaurobiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 727 pp. [published in Nov. 2017, not in Jan. 2018 as mentioned in the book] -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-10-20 First description of female Wang et al., 2026f
2026-10-20 New taxonomic reference entry Wang et al., 2026f
2018-02-01 New taxonomic reference entry Zhu, Wang & Zhang, 2017

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