Platnickina adamsoni Berland, 1934

Suzuki, Yuya, Lee, Jun-Gi & Kumada, Ken-Ichi, 2025, Taxonomic notes on a comb-footed spider, Yunohamella mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906), stat. rev. (Araneae: Theridiidae) in East Asia, Zootaxa 5691 (2), pp. 359-375 : 371-372

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scientific name	Platnickina adamsoni Berland, 1934
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[Japanese name: Sato-himegumo; Korean name: A-dam-son-kko-ma-geo-mi]

Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8

Theridion adamsoni Berland, 1934: 102–103 , figs 6–9.

[See the World Spider Catalog (2025) for the complete taxonomic list.]

Type-material: Theridion adamsoni : ♀ syntypes from Hitiaa, Tahiti, in the B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu ( BPBM); not examined .

Material examined. JAPAN, Tokushima Pref.: 1♂, Kaminakasuji, Hachiman-cho, Tokushima-shi, 12.VII.2024, Y. Suzuki leg. ( TKPM-AR 3261 ) ; 1♀, Ichibacho-Kamigirai, Awa-shi, 18.VIII.2024, Y. Suzuki leg. ( TKPM-AR 3262 ) . REPUBLIC OF KOREA, Jeollanam-do: 1♀, Gageodo Is., Heuksan-myeon, Sinan-gun ( 34°03'13"N, 125°07'42"E), 24.VIII.2024, J.G. Lee leg. ( KNU) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis & Description. See Levi (1957) (under T. hobbsi Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ) and Levi (1967).

Distribution. USA, Caribbean, South America (including Brazil, Castanheira et al. 2016). Introduced to St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, China, Korea, Japan, Pacific Is.

Remarks. Platnickina adamsoni is commonly found in tropical America, and widespread across the world including Asia ( Yoshida 2003; World Spider Catalog 2025). Although the general appearance of P. adamsoni resembles Y. mneon , they can clearly be distinguished by the genital morphology ( Figs 2A–F View FIGURE 2 , 3A–F View FIGURE 3 , 4A–J View FIGURE 4 vs 8C–E). Moreover, P. adamsoni usually display synanthropic habits, inhabiting walls of buildings, gardens and yards ( Fig. 8A, B View FIGURE 8 ; Yoshida 2003).