Platyoides

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.

Platyoides species

Platyoides O. P.-Cambridge, 1890

Platyoides alpha Lawrence, 1928 — Angola, Namibia, South Africa
Platyoides costeri Tucker, 1923 — South Africa
Platyoides fitzsimonsi Lawrence, 1938 — Namibia
Platyoides grandidieri Simon, 1903 — Kenya, Madagascar, Aldabra, Réunion
Platyoides leppanae Pocock, 1902 — Mozambique, South Africa
Platyoides mailaka Platnick, 1985 — Madagascar
Platyoides pictus Pocock, 1902 — South Africa
Platyoides pirie Platnick, 1985 — South Africa
Platyoides pusillus Pocock, 1898 — Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Platyoides quinquedentatus Purcell, 1907 — South Africa
Platyoides ravina Andriamalala & Ubick, 2007 — Madagascar
Platyoides rossi Platnick, 1985 — South Africa
Platyoides vao Andriamalala & Ubick, 2007 — Madagascar
Platyoides velonus Platnick, 1985 — Madagascar
Platyoides venturus Platnick, 1985 — Canary Islands
Platyoides walteri (Karsch, 1886) — East, Southern Africa, introduced in Australia

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