Published December 4, 2020 | Version v1
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A new genus of Liocranidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Tajikistan

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  • 1. University of Turku, Turku, Finland|Institute for Biological Problems of the North, RAS, Magadan, Russia|University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • 2. Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia

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A new genus, Platnick gen. n., with three new species, P. shablyai sp. n. (♂, type species), P. astana sp. n. (♀) and P. sanglok sp. n. (♀), are described from Tajikistan. The male of the type species has a unique pair of longitudinal ventral postgastral scuta. Females have such scuta also, but they are much shorter. The new genus is placed in Liocranidae Simon, 1897. A discussion on the subfamilies of Liocranidae and comments on the family-group names are provided.

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