Platyoides
(Scorpion Spiders)

Platyoides, commonly known as Scorpion Spiders, is a genus of spiders in the family Trochanteriidae. Platyoides spiders have been sighted 8 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Platyoides includes 1 countries and 0 states in the United States. Platyoides is most often sighted indoors, and during the month of October.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Suborder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Trochanteriidae
  • Genus: Platyoides

Other Common Names

Scorpion Spiders

Author

O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891

Sightings Overview

There have been 8 confirmed sightings of Platyoides (Scorpion Spiders), with the most recent sighting submitted on February 24, 2020 by Spider ID member martin1980. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 8 sightings because of certain Platyoides sightings reporting incomplete data.

  • Web: 0% of the time, Platyoides spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 8)
  • Sex: 0 female and 0 male.
  • Environment: Platyoides has been sighted 1 times outdoors, and 7 times indoors.
  • Outdoors: Man-made structure (1).

Location and Range

Platyoides (Scorpion Spiders) has been sighted in the following countries: South Africa.

Seasonality

Platyoides has been primarily sighted during the month of October.

  • January:
  • February: 1
  • March: 1
  • April: 1
  • May: 1
  • June:
  • July:
  • August:
  • September:
  • October: 3
  • November:
  • December: 1

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Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
Picture of Platyoides spp. (Scorpion Spiders) - Dorsal Enlarge Picture
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