Norman Ira Platnick

For the genus Platnick, see Platnick (Marusik & Fomichev).

Norman Ira Platnick (30 December 1951 – 8 April 2020), U.S. arachnologist. Taxon author of more than 150 genera and 2,000 species.

• Associate Curator, Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, City College, City University of New York

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• 800 taxon names authored by Norman Ira Platnick

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• 1 eponym of Norman Ira Platnick

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• 1972. Notes on the pepinensis group of the crab spider genus Ebo (Araneae: Thomisidae). Psyche, Cambridge 79(1-2): 58-60. DOI: 10.1155/1972/62385. . Reference page. 
• Sauer, R.J. & 1972. The crab spider genus Ebo (Araneida: Thomisidae) in the United States and Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 104(1): 35-60. DOI: 10.4039/Ent10435-1 . Reference page. 

• 1973. A Revision of the North American Spiders of the Family Anyphaenidae. Ph.D. thesis, Harvard University.

• 1974. The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 146: 205-266. Reference page. 

• 1975: A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum novitates 2562: 1-32. Reference page. 
• 1975a. A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2578: 1-19. Reference page. 
• 1975b. A revision of the Holarctic spider genus Callilepis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2573: 1-32. Reference page. 
• 1975c. A revision of the South American spider genus Trachelopachys (Araneae, Clubionidae). American Museum novitates 2589: 1-25. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & 1975. A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia (Araneae, Ctenizidae). American Museum novitates 2580: 1-20. Reference page. 
• & Lau, A. 1975. A revision of the celer group of the spider genus Anyphaena (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) in Mexico and Central America. American Museum novitates 2575: 1-36. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1975. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155: 1-66. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1975a. A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum novitates 2583: 1-40. Reference page. 

• & Shadab, M.U. 1976: On Colombian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2605: 1-8. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1976a: A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Zimiromus, with notes on Echemus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2609: 1-24. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1976b: A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2598: 1-23. Reference page. 

• 1977: A prodidomine spider from Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 72-73. Reference page. 
• 1977a. New species and records of the Anyphaena celer group in Mexico (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Journal of Arachnology 4: 207-210. Reference page. 
• Forster, R.R. & 1977: A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2619: 1-29. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1977: On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2633: 1-17. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• 1978. Two new species of Lygromma (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 5: 151-152. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1978. A review of the spider genus Anapis (Araneae, Anapidae), with a dual cladistic analysis. American Museum novitates 2663: 1-23. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1978a. A review of the spider genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae). American Museum novitates 2661: 1-22. Reference page. 

• 1979. A new Symphytognatha from New Guinea (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 337-338. Reference page. 
• Gertsch, W.J. & 1979. A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2687: 1-32. Reference page. 
• & Paz S., N. 1979. On the Cryptocellus magnus group (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum Novitates 2677: 1–9. BHL. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1979: A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Echemoides, with notes on other echemines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2669: 1-22. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1979a: A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis (Araneae, Anapidae). American Museum Novitates 2672: 1-20. Reference page. 

• Gertsch, W.J. & 1980. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum novitates 2704. Handle. Reference page. 
• & Höfer, H. 1990: Systematics and ecology of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from central Amazonian inundation forests. American Museum novitates 2971: 1-16. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1980: A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 165: 335-386. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1980a: A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2691: 1-26. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

• Forster, R.R. & 1981. A textricellid spider from Chile (Araneae, Textricellidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 263-270. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1981: On Central American Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum novitates 2711: 1-21. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1981a: A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 176-182. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1981b: New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 189-196. Reference page. 
• Raven, R.J. & 1981: A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2707: 1-20. Reference page. 

• & Pass, G. 1982. On a New Guatemalan Pseudocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum Novitates 2733: 1–6. BHL. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1982: A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2748: 1-38. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1982. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173: 1–97 PDF Reference page. 

• 1983: A review of the chilensis group of the spider genus Echemoides (Araneae, Gnaphosidae. American Museum novitates 2760: 1-18. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1983. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Apodrassodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2763: 1-14. Reference page. 

• Forster, R.R. & 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1–106. hdl: 2246/991 Reference page. 
• & Murphy, J.A., 1984. A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2792: 1-30 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Sedgwick, W.C. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae). American Museum Novitates 2781: 1-31. hdl: 2246/5262 . Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1984. A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 2788: 1-9. full article (PDF).Reference page. 

• Forster, R.R. & 1985: A review of the austral spider family Orsolobidae (Arachnida, Araneae), with notes on the superfamily Dysderoidea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 181: 1–229. handle [July 25, 1985] Reference page. 
• 1985. On the Chilean spiders of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 13: 399-400. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. & 1986. A new Panjange from northern Borneo (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of The New York Entomological Society 94(4): 559–561. Reference page. 
• 1986. On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2855: 1-16. Reference page. 
• & Forster, R.R. 1986. On Teutoniella, an American genus of the spider family Micropholcommatidae (Araneae, Palpimanoidea). American Museum Novitates 2854: 1-9. Reference page. .

• Forster, R.R., & Gray, M.R. 1987. A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 185: 1–116. Reference page. 
• & Murphy, J.A., 1987. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 3. The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum novitates 2874: 1-33 full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Sedgwick, W.C. & 1987. A new species of Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Johore, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 41(2–3): 361-363. Reference page. 

• & Shadab, M.U. 1988. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2916: 1–64. Reference page. 

• 1989. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987: A Supplement to Brignoli's A Catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. ISBN 0-7190-2782-9 Manchester University Press: 1-673. Reference page. 
• & Forster, R.R. 1989: A revision of the temperate South American and Australasian spiders of the family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 190: 1-139. Reference page. 
• & Ubick, D. 1989: A revision of the spider genus Drassinella (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum Novitates 2937: 1–12. PDF. Reference page. 

• 1990. Spinneret Morphology and the Phylogeny of Ground Spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates No. 2978: 1–42. hdl: 2246/5065
• & Griffin, E. 1990: On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum novitates 2995: 1-11. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Ovtsharenko, V.I. & 1991. On the spider genus Fedotovia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 102-104. Reference page. 
• 1991. On Malagasy Archaea (Araneae, Archaeidae). Journal of African Zoology 105: 135-140. Reference page. 
• & Ovtsharenko, V.I. 1991. On Eurasian and American Talanites (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 115-121. Reference page. 
• Ubick, D. & 1991: On Hesperocranum, a new spider genus from western North America (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum novitates 3019: 1-12. Reference page. 
• , Coddington, J.A., Forster, R.R. & Griswold, C.E. 1991. Spinneret Morphology and the Phylogeny of Haplogyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae). American Museum Novitates No. 3016: 1–73. hdl: 2246/5043

• & di Franco, F. 1992: On The Relationships of the Spider Genus Cybaeodes (Araneae,Dionycha). American Museum novitates 3053: 1-9. Reference page. 

• Alayón G., G. & 1993. A review of the Cuban ground spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3062: 1–9. BHL. Reference page. 
• Eberhard, W.G., & Schuh, R.T. 1993. Natural history and systematics of arthropod symbionts (Araneae; Hemiptera; Diptera) inhabiting webs of the spider Tengella radiata (Araneae, Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates 3065: 1-17. Reference page. 
• 1993. Advances in spider taxonomy 1988-1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940-1980. The New York Entomological Society, New York: 1–846. ISBN 978-0-913424-10-0. Reference page. 
• & Forster, R.R. 1993. A revision of the New Caledonian spider genus Bradystichus (Araneae, Lycosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3075: 1-14. Reference page. 
• & Shadab, M.U. 1993. A review of the pirate spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae) of Chile. American Museum Novitates 3074: 1-30. Reference page. 

• 1994a. A revision of the spider genus Caponina (Araneae, Caponiidae). American Museum Novitates 3100: 1-15. Reference page. 
• 1994b. A new spider of the genus Archoleptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Panama. American Museum Novitates 3101: 1-8. Reference page. 
• 1994c. A review of the Chilean spiders of the family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae). American Museum Novitates 3113: 1-10. Reference page. 
• Ovtsharenko, V.I., Levy, G. & 1994: A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3095: 1-27. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Ovtsharenko, V.I., & Marusik, Y.M. 1995: A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum novitates 3147: 1-55. hdl: 2246/3560 . Reference page. 
• 1995. A revision of the spider genus Orthonops (Araneae, Caponiidae). American Museum Novitates 3150: 1-18. Reference page. 
• & Baptista, R.L.C. 1995. On the spider genus Attacobius (Araneae, Dionycha). American Museum Novitates 3120: 1-9. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• & Ewing, C. 1995. A revision of the tracheline spiders (Araneae, Corinnidae) of southern South America. American Museum Novitates 3128: 1-41. Reference page. 

• , Schwendinger, P.J. & Steiner, H. 1997. Three new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Malaysia. American Museum Novitates 3209: 1-13. hdl: 2246/3614 . Reference page. 

• 1998. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992–1995, with Redescriptions 1940–1980. Journal of the New York Entomological Society p. 976.

• , Grismado, C.J. & Ramírez, M.J. 1999: On the genera of the spider subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum novitates 3257: 1-25. Reference page. 
• Griswold, C.E., Coddington, J.A., Platnick, N.I. & Forster, R.R. 1999. Towards a Phylogeny of Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology Vol. 27, p. 53–63. PDF.
• 1999. Dimensions Of Biodiversity: Targeting Megadiverse Groups, (from: Cracraft, Joel & Grifo, Francesca T. (eds.): The living planet in crisis: biodiversity science and policy). Columbia University Press, New York, p. 33–52.

• 2000a. A Relimitation and Revision of the Australasian Ground Spider Family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History No. 245: 1–330. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2000)245<0001:ARAROT>2.0.CO;2. . Reference page. 
• 2000b. The tracheline spider genus Paccius (Araneae, Corinnidae) in the Parc National de Marojejy, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology, New Series 97: 115-121. Reference page. 
• 2000c. On Coxapopha, a new genus of the spider family Oonopidae from Panama (Araneae Haplogynae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 403-410. Reference page. 

• 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (271) 1–243 DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. (PDF) Reference page. 

• , Shadab, M.U. & Sorkin, L.N. 2005: On the Chilean spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a revision of the genus Moreno Mello-Leitão. American Museum novitates 3499: 1-31. Reference page. 

• & Baehr, B.C. 2006: A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 298: 1-287. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)298[1:AROTAG]2.0.CO;2. Reference page. 

• & Bird, T.L. 2007. On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae). American Museum Novitates 3552: 1-8. Reference page. 
• & Horner, N.V. 2007. A new species of Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from west Texas. Journal of Arachnology 35: 197-198. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Grismado, C.J. & 2008. Review of the southern South American spider genus Platnickia (Araneae, Zodariidae). American Museum novitates 3625: 1-19. DOI: 10.1206/615.1. . Reference page. 
• 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]Reference page. 

• & Dupérré, N. 2009. The Goblin Spider Genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3649: 1–43. Abstract. Reference page. 
• & Dupérré, N. 2009a. The American goblin spiders of the new genus Escaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 328: 1-151. Reference page. 
• & Jäger, P. 2009. A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. Zookeys 16: 209–215. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.231. Reference page. 

• & Dupérré, N. 2010. The goblin spider genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 332: 1–156. Reference page. 
• & Dupérré, N. 2010a. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Niarchos and Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 345: 1–120. Reference page. 
• Sánchez-Ruiz, A., & Dupérré, N. 2010. A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies. American Museum novitates 3705: 1-44. DOI: 10.1206/3705.2. . Reference page. 

• & Dupérré, N. 2011. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genus Scaphidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Dysderina. American Museum novitates 3712: 1–51. DOI: 10.1206/3712.2 Reference page. 
• , Dupérré, N., Ott, R. & Kranz-Baltensperger, Y. 2011. The goblin spider genus Brignolia (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 349: 1-131. Reference page. 

• & Dupérré, N. 2012. The Caribbean goblin spider genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3751: 1–62. DOI: 10.1206/3751.2 . hdl: 2246/6320 . Reference page. 
• & Dupérré, N. 2012. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), part 1. American Museum novitates 3730: 1–64. DOI: 10.1206/3730.2 Reference page. 
• , Dupérré, N., Ubick, D. & Fannes, W. 2012. Got Males?: The enigmatic goblin spider genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3756: 1-36. DOI: 10.1206/3756.2 . ResearchGate Reference page. 

• & Berniker, L. 2013. The soft-bodied goblin spiders of the new genus Noonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3776: 1–48. DOI: 10.1206/3776.2 Reference page. 
• & Berniker, L. 2013a. The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central America (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3788: 1-38. DOI: 10.1206/3788.1. Reference page. 
• & Raven, R.J. 2013. Spider systematics: past and future. Zootaxa 3683(5): 595–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.5.8 Reference page. 

• & Berniker, L. 2014. The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates, 3811: 1–75. DOI: 10.1206/3811.1 Reference page. 
• & Berniker, L. 2014. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), part 3. American Museum novitates 3819: 1–67. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• , Berniker, L. & Víquez, C. 2014. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: the Costa Rican fauna. American Museum novitates 3794: 1–75. DOI: 10.1206/3794.1 Reference page. 
• , Berniker, L. & Víquez, C. 2014a. A new goblin spider genus of the Zyngoonops group from Costa Rica, with notes on Coxapopha (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum novitates 3820 DOI: 10.1206/3820.1 Reference page. 

• Bolzern, A., & Berniker, L. 2015. Three new genera of soft-bodied goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 3824: 1-59. DOI: 10.1206/3824.1. . Reference page. 

• Ramírez, M.J., Grismado, C.J., Ubick, D., Ovtsharenko, V.I., Cushing, P.E., , Wheeler, W.C., Prendini, L., Crowley, L.M. & Horner, N.V. 2019. Myrmecicultoridae, a New Family of Myrmecophilic Spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae: Entelegynae). American Museum Novitates 3930: 1-24. Reference page. 

• Haddad, C.R., Jin, C., & Booysen, R. 2021. Capobula gen. nov., a new Afrotropical dark sac spider genus related to Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae). Zootaxa 4942(1): 041–071. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.2. . Reference page. 

• Haddad, C.R., Jin, C. & 2022. A revision of the spider genus Orthobula Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Trachelidae) in the Afrotropical Region. I. Continental species. Zootaxa 5133(3): 355–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.3.3. Reference page. 
• , Chamé-Vázquez, D. & Ibarra-Núñez, G. 2022. The guardstone spiders of the genus Phonotimpus Gertsch & Davis (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) from northeastern Mexico. Zootaxa 5219(1): 001–048. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5219.1.1. . Reference page. 

• & Chamé-Vázquez, D. 2024. The Guardstone Spiders of the genus Scotinella (Araneae: Phrurolithidae) in the Southeastern United States. Zootaxa 5428(3): 301–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.3.1. . Reference page. 

• Prendini, L. et al. (eds.) 2020. Dr Norman I. Platnick (1951–2020). Obituary (PDF). American Museum of Natural History.