Dr Norman I. Platnick (1951–2020) It is with much sadness that we mourn the passing of Dr Norman Ira Platnick, Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, on April 8 in Philadelphia, PA, after a tragic accident. He married the late Nancy Stewart Price in 1970 and is survived by his son, William Durin Platnick, and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Ehrlich. Norm was born on December 30, 1951, in Bluefield, WV, where he grew up. Getting what he called a ‘precocious start’, Norm became a college freshman at the tender age of 12, receiving a BS degree at 16, MS at 18, and PhD at 21. He has remarked that he lacked ‘a high school diploma, having made it only through grade 7’! The world authority on spiders, Norm’s lifelong interest began serendipitously while a teenager, majoring in Biology at Concord College, Athens, WV, as a direct consequence of meeting his future wife, Nancy, ‘at Concord on October 12, 1967.’ Their son, Will, maintains that his father’s passion for spiders started because he ‘tried to impress a girl.’ Nancy, also pursuing a BS in Biology, had taken a course on arthropods and become fascinated with millipedes. According to Will, ‘my mom was an excellent collector and, when she went out, my dad would tag along to spend time with her.’ Norm was less successful at finding millipedes but collected spiders in abundance and tried to identify them back at college. The rest is history. After graduating from Concord in 1968, Norm moved to Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, where he was advised by Richard Sauer and graduated with a MS in Zoology in 1970, and finally to Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, where he was advised by Herbert Levi, and graduated with a PhD in Biology in 1973. He was appointed Assistant Curator in the AMNH Department of Entomology the same year, received tenure and promotion to Associate Curator in 1977, and promotion to Curator in 1982. He was awarded an endowed chair as Peter J. Solomon Family Curator of Spiders in 1998 and served in that capacity until retiring, whereupon he became Senior Scientist in Residence at the AMNH Division of Invertebrate Zoology (2010–2013). As an AMNH Curator, Norm took over stewardship of the Collections of Arachnida and Myriapoda from John Cooke, building on the legacy of Willis J. Gertsch to continue developing the spider collection into the world’s largest and most taxonomically comprehensive, a global resource with over a million specimens and 4,000 types. Norm’s arachnological expeditions to Chile, as well as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Panama, were supported by $4.3 million in research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National
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Dr Norman I. Platnick (1951–2020)
It is with much sadness that we mourn the passing of Dr Norman Ira Platnick, Curator Emeritus at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, on April 8 in Philadelphia, PA, after a tragic accident. He married the late Nancy Stewart Price in 1970 and is survived by his son, William Durin Platnick, and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Ehrlich.
Norm was born on December 30, 1951, in Bluefield, WV, where he grew up. Getting what he called a ‘precocious start’, Norm became a college freshman at the tender age of 12, receiving a BS degree at 16, MS at 18, and PhD at 21. He has remarked that he lacked ‘a high school diploma, having made it only through grade 7’! The world authority on spiders, Norm’s lifelong interest began serendipitously while a teenager, majoring in Biology at Concord College, Athens, WV, as a direct consequence of meeting his future wife, Nancy, ‘at Concord on October 12, 1967.’ Their son, Will, maintains that his father’s passion for spiders started because he ‘tried to impress a girl.’ Nancy, also pursuing a BS in Biology, had taken a course on arthropods and become fascinated with millipedes. According to Will, ‘my mom was an excellent collector and, when she went out, my dad would tag along to spend time with her.’ Norm was less successful at finding millipedes but collected spiders in abundance and tried to identify them back at college. The rest is history.
After graduating from Concord in 1968, Norm moved to Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, where he was advised by Richard Sauer and graduated with a MS in Zoology in 1970, and finally to Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, where he was advised by Herbert Levi, and graduated with a PhD in Biology in 1973. He was appointed Assistant Curator in the AMNH Department of Entomology the same year, received tenure and promotion to Associate Curator in 1977, and promotion to Curator in 1982. He was awarded an endowed chair as Peter J. Solomon Family Curator of Spiders in 1998 and served in that capacity until retiring, whereupon he became Senior Scientist in Residence at the AMNH Division of Invertebrate Zoology (2010–2013).
As an AMNH Curator, Norm took over stewardship of the Collections of Arachnida and Myriapoda from John Cooke, building on the legacy of Willis J. Gertsch to continue developing the spider collection into the world’s largest and most taxonomically comprehensive, a global resource with over a million specimens and 4,000 types. Norm’s arachnological expeditions to Chile, as well as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Panama, were supported by $4.3 million in research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National
Geographic Society, and other foundations. As Chairman of the Department of Entomology (1987–1994), Norm secured two NSF grants that enhanced ongoing curation of the terrestrial arthropod collections, partially supporting construction of the insect compactor, followed by an instrumentation grant to acquire a scanning electron microscope for the AMNH. He also served as Chair of the Scientific Senate (2006–2008). In addition to his position as Curator at the AMNH, Norm served as adjunct professor at City College, City University of New York (1978–2014), and Cornell University (1988–2014), and as adjunct senior research scientist for the Center of Environmental Research and Conservation at Columbia University (1999–2014).
Norm was a prolific scientist, publishing almost 12,000 pages in 338 printed publications, including 42 monographs, five books and two edited volumes over the course of his four-decade career. This exceptional body of work fundamentally affected several fields. His early works, including the influential book ‘Systematics and biogeography: Cladistics and vicariance,’ coauthored with Gareth Nelson, and seminal papers on areas of endemism, species concepts, cladistic analysis of linguistic sequences, and the history and philosophy of systematics, among others, were instrumental in disseminating Hennigian tree-thinking and phylogenetic classification, profoundly influencing systematic biology, historical biogeography, and evolutionary biology more generally.
In arachnology, the study of spiders and their kin, Norm laid the framework of spider classification and the Tree of Life early on, along with introducing new techniques, such as scanning electron microscopy, and character systems, such as spinneret morphology, which forever changed the course of spider systematics. His prodigious monographic revisions and many smaller papers, on most of which he was sole or lead author, added 158 new genera and 2,023 new species of spiders (including many novelties such as Neato, Oreo, Queenvic, Notnops, Nyetnops, Taintnops, Tisentnops, Paradysderina righty, and Paradysderina lefty), vastly increasing knowledge of spider diversity on a global scale, and especially the poorly known fauna of the Southern Hemisphere, to currently more than 48,000 species. An authority on at least ten spider families, Norm described taxa in some 50 of the 120 families currently recognized, spanning all three suborders, as well as the arachnid order Ricinulei (hooded tick-spiders), in which he described a new genus and 12 new species. His contributions, together with the World Spider Catalog, which he created as a unified nomenclatural and taxonomic resource, and updated biannually over the course of two decades, elevated spiders to a unique position. Unlike most other non-vertebrate taxa of comparable diversity, spiders now enjoy a completely up-to-date, online, species-level taxonomic database extending from Linnaeus to the present. In recognition of his contributions, Norm was made Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003 and received the Pierre Bonnet Award for Devoted Service to the Advancement of Arachnology in 2007, among other honors. Four spider genera, Normplatnicka, Platnickia, Platnickina and Platnicknia (= Modisimus) and 48 species of spiders, other arachnids, and a millipede are named after him.
Keenly aware of the threats facing biodiversity, Norm was actively involved in initiatives to address the ‘taxonomic impediment’ by accelerating the pace of species discovery and description, including programs such as Systematics Agenda 2000: Charting the Biosphere, and received major grants implementing automated methods of species identification and description, and training the next generation of taxon specialists (e.g., the NSF Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy). This vision culminated in the Planetary Biodiversity Inventories (PBI) and Revisionary Syntheses in Systematics programs which he co-developed during his tenure as Program Director for Biodiversity Surveys and Inventories in the NSF Division of Environmental Biology (2002–2003). In 2006, Norm put these approaches into practice on a global scale with his PBI grant on the megadiverse, microdistributed goblin spider family Oonopidae, involving more than 45 collaborating scientists in
12 countries worldwide. Over the course of eight years, using custom-built cyberinfrastructure, 1056 new spider species were described in 88 papers, increasing global spider diversity by 2.5% and moving Oonopidae from the 21st to the 8th most speciose family of spiders.
In addition to his role as fellow, president or councilor of numerous scientific societies, several of which he was instrumental in founding, and his service on copious editorial boards and scientific panels, Norm leaves a rich legacy in education. He advised or served on the committees of over 20 students and postdoctoral fellows, many of whom went on to illustrious careers in arachnology and systematics, around the world, and delivered about 100 scientific lectures in the US and abroad. The original spider man, Norm promoted the old adage ‘if you wish to live and thrive, let a spider run alive’ via diverse media, including the highly successful Spiders Alive! exhibition (2012–2013, and again in 2015), two children’s books on spiders, several popular magazine articles, and online videos, such as ‘Seeking Spiders – Biodiversity on a Different Scale’, where he notes: ‘if we wish to conserve as much biodiversity as possible, then we need to pay attention not just to the things that are easy to see, but also to the ones that are not so easy to see and tell us much more about the planet.’
In his spare time, Norm enjoyed ‘another life’ as an art aficionado, the origins of which, like his obsession with spiders, were ‘entirely Nancy’s fault!’ While frequenting antique shops with Nancy, who collected vintage eggbeaters, mixers and other mechanical kitchen devices, Norm became interested in the art of magazine covers, advertisements, and articles from America’s ‘Golden Age of Illustration’ (1905–1920), ultimately amassing a collection of over 6,500 pieces. Between 1998 and 2020, Norm wrote 27 full-color books and three articles on the work of various artists from this period, a labor of love, demanding considerable time and energy to self-publish, and was planning ‘at least as many more.’
Norm’s generous personality, fierce intellect, and indomitable can-do approach won friends and admirers across the globe. His motto, ‘The best is none too good,’ long hanging on his office wall and still seen on his Facebook page, speaks volumes about his attitude to his pursuits. When Norm first moved to New York, he and Nancy rented a ground floor apartment, on what was then a seedy West 80th Street, a block from his office at the AMNH. His friend and colleague, Toby Schuh, recalls ‘many a day when Norm would come to the AMNH at 2 or 3 am, do several hours work, and return home to have breakfast with his beloved wife before she left for work, returning to complete what for most would be a whole day’s effort.’
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Prepared om April 8, 2020, by Lorenzo Prendini, Curator of Arachnida and Myriapoda, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, with contributions and assistance from Will Platnick, Toby Schuh, Gustavo Hormiga, Martín Ramírez, Ricardo Botero-Trujillo, Lou Sorkin, Dave Grimaldi, Tim Crowe, Theo Blick, Daniel Gloor and Peter Jäger. Updated on May 21, 2020.
Bibliography of Dr Norman I. Platnick Scientific Publications: 1971. Platnick, N. I. The evolution of courtship behaviour in spiders. Bulletin of the British Arachnological
Society 2: 40–47, 1 fig. 1972. Sauer, R. J., and N. I. Platnick. The crab spider genus Ebo (Araneida: Thomisidae) in the United States
and Canada. Canadian Entomologist 104: 35–60, figs. 1–45, maps 1, 2. 1972. Platnick, N. I. Notes on the pepinensis group of the crab spider genus Ebo (Araneae: Thomisidae).
Psyche 79: 58–60, figs. 1–6. 1973. Platnick, N. I., and H. W. Levi. On family names of spiders. Bulletin of the British Arachnological
Society 2: 166–167. 1974. Platnick, N. I. The spider family Anyphaenidae in America north of Mexico. Bulletin of the Museum
of Comparative Zoology 146: 205–266, figs. 1–146, maps 1–5. 1974. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the tranquillus and speciosus groups of the spider
genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America. American Museum Novitates 2553: 1–34, figs. 1–87, maps 1–6.
1974. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider family Stenochilidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2556: 1–14, figs. 1–31.
1974. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the bispinosus and bicolor groups of the spider genus Trachelas (Araneae, Clubionidae) in North and Central America and the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 2560: 1–34, figs. 1–110.
1975. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the palpimanid spiders of the new subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum Novitates 2562: 1–32, figs. 1–94, maps 1–5.
1975. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 155: 1–66, figs. 1–150, maps 1–15.
1975. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the Holarctic spider genus Callilepis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2573: 1–32, figs. 1–73, table 1, maps 1–4.
1975. Platnick, N. I., and A. Lau. A revision of the celer group of the spider genus Anyphaena (Araneae, Anyphaenidae) in Mexico and Central America. American Museum Novitates 2575: 1–36, figs. 1–118.
1975. Platnick, N. I. On the validity of Haplogynae as a taxonomic grouping in spiders. Proceedings of the Sixth International Arachnology Congress: 30–32.
1975. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2578: 1–19, figs. 1–35, maps 1–4.
1975. Gertsch, W. J., and N. I. Platnick. A revision of the trapdoor spider genus Cyclocosmia (Araneae, Ctenizidae). American Museum Novitates 2580: 1–20, figs. 1–36.
1975. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Haplodrassus and Orodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum Novitates 2583: 1–40, figs. 1–106, maps 1–9.
1975. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the South American spider genus Trachelopachys (Araneae, Clubionidae). American Museum Novitates 2589: 1–25, figs. 1–57, 1 table.
1976. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Drassodes and Tivodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum Novitates 2593: 1–29, figs. 1–80, maps 1–4.
1976. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Rachodrassus, Sosticus, and Scopodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum Novitates 2594: 1–33, figs. 1–91, table 1, maps 1–5.
1976. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Lygromma and Neozimiris (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2598: 1–23, figs. 1–62.
1976. Platnick, N. I. A new Eilica from India (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 3: 189–190, figs. 1, 2.
1976. Platnick, N. I. Drifting spiders or continents?: Vicariance biogeography of the spider subfamily Laroniinae (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Systematic Zoology 25: 101–109, figs. 1–3.
1976. Platnick, N. I. Are monotypic genera possible? Systematic Zoology 25: 198–199, figs. 1, 2. 1976. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the mygalomorph spider genus Neocteniza (Araneae,
Actinopodidae). American Museum Novitates 2603: 1–19, figs. 1–32, table 1. 1976. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. On Colombian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Systematic
Zoology 2605: 1–8, figs. 1–17. 1976. Platnick, N. I. Notes on East Asian Plator (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Acta Arachnologica 27: 1–7,
figs. 1–9. 1976. Platnick, N. I. On Asian Prodidomus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Acta Arachnologica 27: 37–42, figs. 1–
9. 1976. Platnick, N. I. Concepts of dispersal in historical biogeography. Systematic Zoology 25: 294–295. 1976. Platnick, N. I. A new Otiothops from Brazil (Araneae, Palpimanidae). Journal of the New York
Entomological Society 84: 178–179, figs. 1–5. 1976. Platnick, N. I., and W. J. Gertsch. The suborders of spiders: A cladistic analysis (Arachnida, Araneae).
American Museum Novitates 2607: 1–15, figs. 1–18. 1976. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Zimiromus, with notes
on Echemus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2609: 1–24, figs. 1–66. 1976. Platnick, N. I. The male of Gnaphosa sonora (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 3:
135–136, figs. 1, 2. 1976. Platnick, N. I. Notes on the spider genus Doliomalus (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Revue Zoologique
Africaine 90: 975–983, figs. 1–11. 1977. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A new genus of the spider subfamily Gnaphosinae from the Virgin
Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 3z: 191–194, figs. 1–9. 1977. Platnick, N. I. Notes on spiders from the Falkland Islands (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of
Arachnology 3: 195–198. 1977. Platnick, N. I. Notes on the spider genus Paratheuma (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology
3: 199–201, figs. 1–4. 1977. Platnick, N. I. Notes on Chilean Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 3: 203–
205, figs. 1, 2. 1977. Platnick, N. I. Parallelism in phylogeny reconstruction. Systematic Zoology 26: 93–96, figs. 1, 2. 1977. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Concepts of species, edited by C. N. Slobodchikoff. Systematic Zoology 26:
96–98. 1977. Forster, R. R., and N. I. Platnick. A review of the spider family Symphytognathidae (Arachnida,
Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2619: 1–29, figs. 1–74. 1977. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genera Herpyllus and Scotophaeus
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159: 1–44, figs. 1–130, maps 1–9.
1977. Platnick, N. I. The hypochiloid spiders: A cladistic analysis, with notes on the Atypoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2627: 1–23, figs. 1–31.
1977. Platnick, N. I. Paraphyletic and polyphyletic groups. Systematic Zoology 26: 195–200, figs. 1–7.
1977. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Evolution and the diversity of life: Selected essays, by Ernst Mayr. Systematic Zoology 26: 224–228.
1977. Platnick, N. I. Notes on Brazilian Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 37: 395–397, figs. 1–6.
1977. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum Novitates 2633: 1–17, figs. 1–58.
1977. Platnick, N. I. New species and records of the Anyphaena celer group in Mexico (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Journal of Arachnology 4: 207–210, figs. 1–8.
1977. Platnick, N. I. Monotypy and the origin of higher taxa: A reply to E. O. Wiley. Systematic Zoology 26: 355–357.
1977. Platnick, N. I., and E. S. Gaffney. Systematics: A Popperian perspective. Systematic Zoology 26: 360–365.
1977. Platnick, N. I. A prodidomine spider from Australia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 72–73, figs. 1–4.
1977. Platnick, N. I., and H. D. Cameron. Cladistic methods in textual, linguistic, and phylogenetic analysis. Systematic Zoology 26: 380–385.
1977. Platnick, N. I. Cladograms, phylogenetic trees, and hypothesis testing. Systematic Zoology 26: 438–442, figs. 1, 2.
1978. Platnick, N. I. Two new species of Lygromma (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 5: 151–152, figs. 1–4.
1978. Platnick, N. I. A new Otiothops from Colombia (Araneae, Palpimanidae). Journal of Arachnology 5: 179–180, figs. 1–3.
1978. Platnick, N. I. A new Scopodes from California (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 5: 180–182, figs. 1, 2.
1978. Platnick, N. I. A new Microsa from the Bahama Islands (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 5: 182–183, figs. 1–4.
1978. Platnick, N. I., and G. Nelson. A method of analysis for historical biogeography. Systematic Zoology 27: 1–16, figs. 1–11.
1978. Platnick, N. I., and E. S. Gaffney. Evolutionary biology: A Popperian perspective. Systematic Zoology 27: 137–141.
1978. Platnick, N. I. On East Asian Orthobula (Araneae, Clubionidae). Acta Arachnologica 27: 43–47, figs. 1–6.
1978. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] The Arthropoda: Habits, functional morphology, and evolution, by S. M. Manton. Systematic Zoology 27: 252–255.
1978. Platnick, N. I. On Australian Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 226–227, figs. 1–6.
1978. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genus Mysmenopsis (Araneae, Mysmenidae). American Museum Novitates 2661: 1–22, figs. 1–71.
1978. Raven, R. J., and N. I. Platnick. A new genus of the spider family Dipluridae from Chile (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). Journal of Arachnology 6: 73–77, figs. 1–7.
1978. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genus Anapis, with a dual cladistic analysis (Araneae, Anapidae). American Museum Novitates 2663: 1–23, figs. 1–64.
1978. Platnick, N. I. Adaptation, selection, and falsifiability. Systematic Zoology 27: 347–348. 1978. Harper, C. W., Jr., and N. I. Platnick. Phylogenetic and cladistic hypotheses: A debate. Systematic
Zoology 27: 354–362, 1 fig. 1978. Platnick, N. I. Classifications, historical narratives, and hypotheses. Systematic Zoology 27: 365–369,
1 fig.
1978. Platnick, N. I., and E. S. Gaffney. Systematics and the Popperian paradigm. Systematic Zoology 27: 381–388.
1979. Platnick, N. I. On Josa alba Mello-Leitão (Araneae, Anyphaenidae). Journal of Arachnology 6: 157–158, figs. 1, 2.
1979. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the spider genus Barrisca (Araneae, Rhoicininae). Journal of Arachnology 6: 213–217, figs. 1–6.
1979. Platnick, N. I. Gaps and prediction in classification. Systematic Zoology 27: 472–474, 1 fig. 1979. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. The perils of plesiomorphy: Widespread taxa, dispersal, and phenetic
biogeography. Systematic Zoology 27: 474–477. 1979. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Echemoides, with notes
on other echemines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2669: 1–22, figs. 1–59. 1979. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genera Anapisona and Pseudanapis
(Araneae, Anapidae). American Museum Novitates 2672: 1–20, figs. 1–59. 1979. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Arachnology, edited by P. Merrett. Systematic Zoology 28: 115–117. 1979. Platnick, N. I., and N. Paz S. On the Cryptocellus magnus group (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American
Museum Novitates 2677: 1–9, figs. 1–11, 1 table. 1979. Platnick, N. I. Contributions á l'étude de la faune terrestre des Îles granitiques de l'archipel des
Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae: Palpimanidae. Revue Zoologique Africaine 93: 461–466, figs. 1–15.
1979. Platnick, N. I., and L. F. Marcus. The 12th annual numerical taxonomy conference. Systematic Zoology 28: 232–238.
1979. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Arthropod phylogeny, edited by A. P. Gupta. Systematic Zoology 28: 246–249.
1979. Platnick, N. I. A new Symphytognatha from New Guinea (Araneae, Symphytognathidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 4: 337–338, figs. 1–3.
1979. Gertsch, W. J., and N. I. Platnick. A revision of the spider family Mecicobothriidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2687: 1–32, figs. 1–91.
1980. Platnick, N. I. Philosophy and the transformation of cladistics. Systematic Zoology 28: 537–546, figs. 1, 2.
1980. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the North American spider genera Nodocion, Litopyllus, and Synaphosus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2691: 1–26, figs. 1–52, maps 1–6.
1980. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. A vicariance approach to historical biogeography. BioScience 30: 339–343, figs. 1–3.
1980. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Arthropod phylogeny with special reference to insects, by H. Bruce Boudreaux. American Scientist 68: 327.
1980. On the phylogeny of Ricinulei. Verhandlungen 8. Internationaler Arachnologen-kongress, Wien 1980: 349–353.
1980. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. Multiple branching in cladograms: Two interpretations. Systematic Zoology 29: 86–91, figs. 1–8, table 1.
1980. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genus Cesonia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 165: 335–385, figs. 1–145, maps 1–6.
1980. Gertsch, W. J., and N. I. Platnick. A revision of the American spiders of the family Atypidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2704: 1–39, figs. 1–60.
1980. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Biogeography, by E. C. Pielou. Systematic Zoology 29: 228–230. 1981. Platnick, N. I., and G. Nelson. [Review of] Phylogenetic systematics, by Willi Hennig. Philosophy of
Science 47: 499–502.
1981. Raven, R. J., and N. I. Platnick. A revision of the American spiders of the family Microstigmatidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2707: 1–20, figs. 1–54.
1981. Platnick, N. I. The progression rule or progress beyond rules in biogeography. In: Nelson, G., and D. E. Rosen (eds.), Vicariance biogeography: A critique. Columbia University Press, New York: 144–150.
1981. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. Systematics and biogeography: Cladistics and vicariance. Columbia University Press, New York, xi + 567 pp.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. On Central American Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum Novitates 2711: 1–13, figs. 1–21.
1981. Platnick, N. I. A review of the spider subfamily Palpimaninae (Araneae, Palpimanidae), I. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 5: 169–173, figs. 1–18.
1981. Platnick, N. I. Spider biogeography: Past, present, and future. Revue Arachnologique 3: 85–95, figs. 1–10.
1981. Platnick, N. I. Contributions á l'étude de la faune terrestre des Îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P. L. G. Benoit - J. J. Van Mol 1972). Araneae: Gnaphosidae. Revue Zoologique Africaine 95: 451–457, figs. 1–6.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. On the Cryptocellus centralis group (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 18–22, figs. 1–5.
1981. Murphy, J. A., and N. I. Platnick. On Liphistius desultor Schiödte (Araneae, Liphistiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 46–56, figs. 1–27.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. Two new species of the mygalomorph spider genus Neocteniza (Araneae, Actinopodidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 76–79, figs. 1–4.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A new genus of the spider family Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 176–182, figs. 1–12.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. On the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 183–188, figs. 1–10.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. New species and records of Neotropical Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 189–196, figs. 1–24.
1981. Forster, R. R., and N. I. Platnick. A textricellid spider from Chile (Araneae, Textricellidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 170: 263–270, figs. 1–27.
1981. Platnick, N. I. On the spider genus Odontodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 9: 331–334, figs. 1–4.
1981. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the spider genus Sergiolus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2717: 1–41, figs. 1–108, maps 1–8.
1981. Platnick, N. I. Widespread taxa and biogeographic congruence. In: Funk, V. A., and D. Brooks (eds.), Advances in cladistics: Proceedings of the first meeting of the Willi Hennig Society: 223–227, figs. 1–7.
1982. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173: 1–97, figs. 1–281, maps 1–41.
1982. Platnick, N. I., and G. Pass. On a new Guatemalan Pseudocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). American Museum Novitates 2733: 1–6, figs. 1–6.
1982. Platnick, N. I., and R. R. Forster. On the Micromygalinae, a new subfamily of mygalomorph spiders (Araneae, Microstigmatidae). American Museum Novitates 2734: 1–13, figs. 1–28.
1982. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Evolution: Genesis and revelations, with readings from Empedocles to Wilson, by C. L. Harris. Systematic Zoology 31: 104–105.
1982. Platnick, N. I., and G. Nelson. The purposes of biological classification. In: Asquith, P. D., and I. Hacking (eds.), PSA 1978, volume 2: Proceedings of the 1978 biennial meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association. East Lansing: 117–129.
1982. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Camillina (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2748: 1–38, figs. 1–120.
1982. Platnick, N. I. Defining characters and evolutionary groups. Systematic Zoology 31: 282–284. 1983. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Zelotes (Araneae,
Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 97–191, figs. 1–272, maps 1–22.
1983. Platnick, N. I. A defender of the faith: [Review of] Darwinism defended: A guide to the evolution controversies, by Michael Ruse. Recent Publications in Natural History 1: 6–8.
1983. Platnick, N. I., and V. A. Funk (eds.). Advances in cladistics, volume 2: Proceedings of the second meeting of the Willi Hennig Society. Columbia University Press, x + 218 pp.
1983. Platnick, N. I. A review of the chilensis group of the spider genus Echemoides (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2760: 1–18, figs. 1–56.
1983. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spider genus Apodrassodes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2763: 1–14, figs. 1–39.
1984. Platnick, N. I., and W. C. Sedgwick. A revision of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae). American Museum Novitates 2781: 1–31, figs. 1–87.
1984. Platnick, N. I. On the male of Doliomalus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 11: 451–452, figs. 1, 2.
1984. Platnick, N. I. On the Gnaphosidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of the California Channel Islands. Journal of Arachnology 11: 453–455, figs. 1–4.
1984. Platnick, N. I. On yet another artificial spider classification: A review. Journal of Arachnology 11: 459–461.
1984. Forster, R. R., and N. I. Platnick. 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, figs. 1–394.
1984. Platnick, N. I. Rock of ages or ages of rocks: [Review of] Scientists confront creationism, edited by Laurie R. Godfrey. Recent Publications in Natural History 14: 8–10.
1984. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the Neotropical spiders of the new genus Apopyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2788: 1–9, figs. 1–22.
1984. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. Systematics and evolution. In: Ho, M.-W., and P. T. Saunders (eds.), Beyond neo-Darwinism: An introduction to the new evolutionary paradigm. Academic Press, London: 143–158, figs. 1–4.
1984. Platnick, N. I. On the pseudoscorpion-mimicking spider Cheliferoides (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 92: 169–173, figs. 1–6.
1984. Platnick, N. I., and J. A. Murphy. A revision of the spider genera Trachyzelotes and Urozelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2792: 1–30, figs. 1–62.
1984. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. Biogeography. Carolina Biology Readers 119: 1–16, figs. 1–20. 1984. Platnick, N. I., and G. Nelson. Composite areas in vicariance biogeography. Systematic Zoology 33:
328–335, figs. 1–3. 1984. Platnick, N. I. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 1. The family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea).
American Museum Novitates 2801: 1–17, figs. 1–53. 1985. Platnick, N. I. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 2. The family Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea),
with a revision of the genus Platyoides. American Museum Novitates 2808: 1–17, figs. 1–48. 1985. Platnick, N. I. Philosophy and the transformation of cladistics revisited. Cladistics 1: 87–94, figs. 1–
3.
1985. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Annual review of ecology and systematics, volume 15. Cladistics 1: 204–208.
1985. Platnick, N. I. Notes on the spider genus Eilica (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93: 1073–1081, figs. 1–14.
1985. Forster, R. R., and N. I. Platnick. 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, figs. 1–889.
1985. Platnick, N. I., and P. A. Goloboff. On the monophyly of the spider suborder Mesothelae (Arachnida: Araneae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93: 1265–1270, figs. 1–4.
1985. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, by Michael J. Roberts. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93: 1279–1280.
1985. Platnick, N. I. On the Chilean spiders of the family Palpimanidae. Journal of Arachnology 13: 399–400, figs. 1, 2.
1986. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the spider genus Trochanteria (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 29–33, figs. 1–17.
1986. Platnick, N. I. On justifying cladistics. Cladistics 2: 83–85. 1986. Platnick, N. I. On the spider genus Oltacloea (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Revue Arachnologique 7: 9–
14, figs. 1–6. 1986. Platnick, N. I. On the male of Sphodros paisano (Araneae, Atypidae). Journal of Arachnology 14:
140–141, figs. 1, 2. 1986. Platnick, N. I., and D. X. Song. A review of the zelotine spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) of China.
American Museum Novitates 2848: 1–22, figs. 1–78. 1986. Sedgwick, W. C., and N. I. Platnick. On the male of Liphistius panching (Araneae, Mesothelae).
Malayan Nature Journal 39: 203–206, figs. 1–8. 1986. Platnick, N. I., and R. R. Forster. On Teutoniella, an American genus of the spider family
Micropholcommatidae (Araneae, Palpimanoidea). American Museum Novitates 2854: 1–9, figs. 1–23.
1986. Platnick, N. I. On the tibial and patellar glands, relationships, and American genera of the spider family Leptonetidae (Arachnida, Araneae). American Museum Novitates 2855: 1–16, figs. 1–62.
1986. Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L., and N. I. Platnick. A new Panjange from northern Borneo (Araneae, Pholcidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94: 559–561, figs. 1–4.
1986. Platnick, N. I. A review of the spider genus Cyrioctea (Araneae, Zodariidae). American Museum Novitates 2858: 1–9, figs. 1–23.
1986. Murphy, J. A., and N. I. Platnick. On Zelotes subterraneus (C. L. Koch) in Britain (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 97–100, figs. 1–13.
1986. Platnick, N. I. "Evolutionary cladistics" or evolutionary systematics? Cladistics 2: 288–296. 1987. Platnick, N. I. Taxonomic methods and "evolutionary cladistics." Cladistics 2: 375–377. 1987. Platnick, N. I., and D. E. Rosen. Popper and evolutionary novelties. History and Philosophy of Life
Science 9: 5–16. 1987. Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I., and M. R. Gray. A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and
Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 185: 1–116, figs. 1–400.
1987. Platnick, N. I., and J. A. Murphy. Studies on Malagasy spiders, 3. The zelotine Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea), with a review of the genus Camillina. American Museum Novitates 2874: 1–33, figs. 1–92.
1987. Platnick, N. I. An empirical comparison of microcomputer parsimony programs. Cladistics 3: 121–144.
1987. Goloboff, P. A., and N. I. Platnick. A review of the Chilean spiders of the superfamily Migoidea (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). American Museum Novitates 2888: 1–15, figs. 1–44.
1987. Platnick, N. I. Cladistics: A mixed bag of a book, [Review of] Biological metaphor and cladistic classification, edited by H. M. Hoengiswald and L. F. Wiener. Scientist 1: 22.
1987. Platnick, N. I. Seminario de filogenia: Establecimiento de seriaciones fileticas. Actas X International Arachnology Congress 2: 55–57.
1987. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Spinnenfauna Gestern und Heute, by J. Wunderlich. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 95: 456–458.
1987. Griswold, C. E., and N. I. Platnick. On the first African spiders of the family Orsolobidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum Novitates 2892: 1–14, figs. 1–42.
1987. Platnick, N. I., and R. R. Forster. On the first American spiders of the subfamily Sternodinae (Araneae, Malkaridae). American Museum Novitates 2894: 1–12, figs. 1–25.
1987. Sedgwick, W. C., and N. I. Platnick. A new species of Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Johore, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 41: 361–363, figs. 1–2.
1988. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A revision of the American spiders of the genus Micaria (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 2916: 1–64, figs. 1–161, maps 1–23, table 1.
1988. Platnick, N. I., and E. Griffin. On the first African and Australian spiders of the genus Cyrioctea (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96: 359–362, figs. 1–8.
1988. Platnick, N. I. A new Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from Brazil. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 96: 363–366, figs. 1–5.
1988. Platnick, N. I. Systematics, evolution, and biogeography: A Dutch treat. Cladistics 4: 308–313. 1988. Platnick, N. I. Programs for quicker relationships. Nature 335: 310. 1988. Platnick, N. I. A new spider of the Gondwanan genus Eilica from Victoria, Australia (Araneae:
Gnaphosidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 49: 83–84, figs. 1–4. 1989. Platnick, N. I., and G. Nelson. Spanning-tree biogeography: Shortcut, detour or dead-end?
Systematic Zoology 37: 410–419. 1989. Mickevich, M. F., and N. I. Platnick. On the information content of classifications. Cladistics 5: 33–
47, figs. 1–31. 1989. Platnick, N. I., and D. Ubick. A revision of the spider genus Drassinella (Araneae, Liocranidae).
American Museum Novitates 2937: 1–12, figs. 1–24, maps 1, 2. 1989. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the spider genus Segestrioides (Araneae, Diguetidae). American Museum
Novitates 2940: 1–9, figs. 1–15. 1989. Platnick, N. I. Advances in spider taxonomy 1981–1987: A supplement to Brignoli's A catalogue of
the Araneae described between 1940 and 1980. Manchester: Manchester Univ. Press, vii + 673 pp. 1989. Platnick, N. I., and D. T. Corey. On a new spider of the genus Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae)
from Florida. Journal of Arachnology 17: 114–115. 1989. Platnick, N. I. An empirical comparison of microcomputer parsimony programs, II. Cladistics 5: 145–
161, tables 1–5. 1989. Adis, J. A., N. I. Platnick, J. W. de Morais, and J. M. Gomes Rodrigues. On the abundance and ecology
of Ricinulei (Arachnida) from central Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97: 133–140, figs. 1–5.
1989. Platnick, N. I. Cladistics and phylogenetic analysis today. In: Fernholm, B., K. Bremer, and H. Jörnvall (eds.), The Hierarchy of Life. Amsterdam: Elsevier: 17–24.
1989. Farris, J. S., and N. I. Platnick. Lord of the flies: The systematist as study animal; [Review of] Science as a process: An evolutionary account of the social and conceptual development of science, by D. L. Hull. Cladistics 5: 295–310.
1989. Platnick, N. I., and R. R. Forster. 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, figs. 1–404.
1989. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A review of the spider genus Teminius (Araneae, Miturgidae). American Museum Novitates 2963: 1–12, figs. 1–12.
1989. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Spider literature: A computer bibliography, edited by J. A. Coddington. Journal of Arachnology 17: 377–379.
1990. Forster, R. R., N. I. Platnick, and J. Coddington. A proposal and review of the spider family Synotaxidae (Araneae, Araneoidea), with notes on theridiid interrelationships. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 193: 1–116, figs. 1–397.
1990. Jocqué, R., and N. I. Platnick. On Venezuelan Leprolochus (Araneae, Zodariidae). J Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97: 471–474, figs. 1–6.
1990. Platnick, N. I., and R. R. Forster. On the spider family Anapidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) in the United States. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98: 108–112, figs. 1–5.
1990. Platnick, N. I., and H. Höfer. Systematics and ecology of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from central Amazonian inundation forests. American Museum Novitates 2971: 1–16, figs. 1–28.
1990. Platnick, N. I. Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 2978: 1–42, figs. 1–175, 1 table.
1990. Platnick, N. I. A new species of Legendrena (Araneae: Gallieniellidae) from Madagascar. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 98: 499–501, figs. 1–4.
1990. Platnick, N. I., and E. Griffin. On Rastellus, a new genus of the spider family Ammoxenidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 2995: 1–11, figs. 1–29.
1991. Platnick, N. I. On Malagasy Archaea (Araneae, Archaeidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 105: 135–140, figs. 1–14.
1991. Platnick, N. I., J. A. Coddington, R. R. Forster, and C. E. Griswold. Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of haplogyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae). American Museum Novitates 3016: 1–73, figs. 1–311, tables 1–3.
1991. Platnick, N. I. On Western Australian Austrarchaea (Araneae, Archaeidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 8: 259–261, figs. 1–7.
1991. Platnick, N. I., and M. J. Ramírez. On South American Teminius (Araneae, Miturgidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 1–3, figs. 1–4.
1991. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the ground spider family Cithaeronidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3018: 1–13, figs. 1–27.
1991. Ubick, D., and N. I. Platnick. On Hesperocranum, a new spider genus from western North America (Araneae, Liocranidae). American Museum Novitates 3019: 1–12, figs. 1–30.
1991. Ovtsharenko, V. I., and N. I. Platnick. On the spider genus Fedotovia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 102–104, figs. 1–5.
1991. Platnick, N. I., and V. I. Ovtsharenko. On Eurasian and American Talanites (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 19: 115–121, figs. 1–18.
1991. Platnick, N. I. On areas of endemism. Australian Systematic Botany 4: 1–2. 1991. Platnick, N. I. Patterns of biodiversity: Tropical vs temperate. Journal of Natural History 25: 1083–
1088. 1992. Platnick, N. I., C. E. Griswold, and J. A. Coddington. On missing entries in cladistic analysis. Cladistics
7: 337–343. 1992. Nelson, G., and N. I. Platnick. Three-taxon statements: A more precise use of parsimony? Cladistics
7: 351–366. 1992. Platnick, N. I. On the spider subfamily Zavattaricinae (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of the New
York Entomological Society 100: 178–179, figs. 1, 2.
1992. Platnick, N. I., and C. D. Dondale. The ground spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Insects and Arachnids of Canada, pt. 19: 1–297, figs. 1–444, maps 1–71.
1992. Ovtsharenko, V. I., N. I. Platnick, and D. X. Song. A review of the North Asian ground spiders of the genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 212: 1–88, figs. 1–304, maps 1–26.
1992. Platnick, N. I. Patterns of biodiversity. In: Eldredge, N. (ed.), Systematics, ecology, and the biodiversity crisis. Columbia Univ. Press: 15–24.
1992. Platnick, N. I., and R. Jocqué. Two new species of Cyrioctea from southern Africa with a note on sexual dimorphism in the genus (Araneae, Zodariidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 106: 191–196, figs. 1–9.
1992. Platnick, N. I., and F. Di Franco. On the relationships of the spider genus Cybaeodes (Araneae, Dionycha). American Museum Novitates 3053: 1–9, figs. 1–26.
1992. Goloboff, P. A., and N. I. Platnick. New spiders of the mygalomorph genus Neocteniza (Araneae, Idiopidae). American Museum Novitates 3054: 1–9, figs. 1–19.
1993. Platnick, N. I. On the female of Cryptocellus goodnighti (Arachnida: Ricinulei). Journal of Arachnology 21: 79–80, figs. 1–2.
1993. Alayón, G., G., and N. I. Platnick. A review of the Cuban ground spiders of the family Gnaphosidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3062: 1–9, figs. 1–8.
1993. Platnick, N. I. A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from California. American Museum Novitates 3063: 1–8, figs. 1–18.
1993. Eberhard, W. G., N. I. Platnick, and R. T. Schuh. 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, figs. 1–22.
1993. Platnick, N. I. Advances in spider taxonomy 1988–1991, with synonymies and transfers 1940–1980. New York: New York Entomological Society, v + 846 pp.
1993. Platnick, N. I., and M. U. Shadab. A review of the pirate spiders (Araneae, Mimetidae) of Chile. American Museum Novitates 3074: 1–30, figs. 1–106.
1993. Platnick, N. I., and R. R. Forster. A revision of the New Caledonian spider genus Bradystichus (Araneae, Lycosoidea). American Museum Novitates 3075: 1–14, figs. 1–38.
1993. Platnick, N. I. The female of Gallieniella betroka (Araneae, Gallieniellidae). Journal of Arachnology 21: 152, figs. 1–2.
1993. Platnick, N. I. The araneomorph spider fauna of New Caledonia. Biodiversity Letters 1: 102–106. 1993. Platnick, N. I. Character optimization and weighting: Differences between the standard and three-
taxon approaches to phylogenetic inference. Cladistics 9: 267–272. 1994. Ovtsharenko, V. I., G. Levy, and N. I. Platnick. A review of the ground spider genus Synaphosus
(Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3095: 1–27, figs. 1–90, maps 1–4. 1994. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the spider genus Caponina (Araneae, Caponiidae). American Museum
Novitates 3100: 1–15, figs. 1–41. 1994. Platnick, N. I. A new spider of the genus Archoleptoneta (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Panama.
American Museum Novitates 3101: 1–8, figs. 1–19. 1994. Platnick, N. I. Dividing the dollars: [Review of] Biodiversity Prospecting: Using Genetic Resources for
Sustainable Development, by W. V. Reid et al. BioScience 44: 563–565. 1994. Platnick, N. I., and U. A. Gajbe. Supplementary notes on the ground spider family Cithaeronidae
(Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Journal of Arachnology 22: 82–83, figs. 1–5. 1994. Platnick, N. I., and A. D. Brescovit. A new genus of the spider family Orsolobidae (Araneae,
Dysderoidea) from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3112: 1–6, figs. 1–16. 1994. Platnick, N. I. A review of the Chilean spiders of the family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae).
American Museum Novitates 3113: 1–10, figs. 1–26.
1995. Platnick, N. I., and R. L. C. Baptista. On the spider genus Attacobius (Araneae, Dionycha). American Museum Novitates 3120: 1–9, figs. 1–20.
1995. Platnick, N. I., and C. Ewing. A revision of the tracheline spiders (Araneae, Corinnidae) of southern South America. American Museum Novitates 3128: 1–41, figs. 1–112.
1995. Platnick, N. I., and V. I. Ovtsharenko. An Australian ground spider of the genus Zelotes (Araneae: Gnaphosidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 52: 131–133, figs. 1–5.
1995. Platnick, N. I. New species and records of the ground spider family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) from Madagascar. Journal of Arachnology 23: 9–12, figs. 1–10.
1995. Platnick, N. I., and A. B. Bonaldo. On the spider genus Hebrithele (Araneae, Miturgidae). Journal of Arachnology 23: 13–16, figs. 1–6.
1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I., N. I. Platnick, and Y. M. Marusik. A review of the Holarctic ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3147: 1–55, figs. 1–198, maps 1–9.
1995. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the spider genus Orthonops (Araneae, Caponiidae). American Museum Novitates 3150: 1–18, figs. 1–50, 1 map.
1995. Krantz, G. W., and N. I. Platnick. On Brucharachne, the spider that wasn't (Arachnida, Acari, Dermanyssoidea). American Museum Novitates 3151: 1–8, figs. 1–8.
1995. Platnick, N. I., and A. D. Brescovit. On Unicorn, a new genus of the spider family Oonopidae (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum Novitates 3152: 1–12, figs. 1–31.
1995. Platnick, N. I., and C. F. D. Rocha. On a new Brazilian spider of the genus Trachelopachys (Araneae, Corinnidae), with notes on misplaced taxa. American Museum Novitates 3153: 1–8, figs. 1–17.
1995. Ovtsharenko, V. I., and N. I. Platnick. On the Australasian ground spider genera Anzacia and Adelphodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3154: 1–16, figs. 1–47.
1996. Platnick, N. I., and J. A. Murphy. A review of the zelotine ground spider genus Setaphis (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3162: 1–23, figs. 1–62.
1996. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia (by A. T. Barrion and J. A. Litsinger). Journal of Arachnology 24: 170–172.
1997. Platnick, N. I., C. J. Humphries, G. Nelson, and D. M. Williams. Is Farris optimization perfect?: Three-taxon statements and multiple branching. Cladistics 12: 243–252, fig.1, table 1.
1997. Platnick, N. I. On some Camillina from southern Africa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 25: 97–98, figs. 1–4.
1997. Platnick, N. I., P. J. Schwendinger, and H. Steiner. Three new species of the spider genus Liphistius (Araneae, Mesothelae) from Malaysia. American Museum Novitates 3209: 1–13, figs. 1–28.
1998. Platnick, N. I. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1992–1995, with Redescriptions 1940–1980. New York: New York Entomological Society, v + 976 pp.
1998. Ovtsharenko, V. I., and N. I. Platnick. Taxonomic notes on the ground spider genus Gnaphosa (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). American Museum Novitates 3234: 1–4, figs. 1–5.
1998. Platnick, N. I., and J. A. Murphy. On a widespread species of Zelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 118–119, figs. 1–4.
1999. Platnick, N. I., C. J. Grismado, and M. J. Ramírez. On the genera of the spider subfamily Otiothopinae (Araneae, Palpimanidae). American Museum Novitates 3257: 1–25, figs. 1–80.
1999. Adis, J., B. Messner, and N. I. Platnick. Morphological structures and vertical distribution in the soil indicate facultative plastron respiration in Cryptocellus adisi (Arachnida, Ricinulei) from central Amazonia. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 34: 1–9, figs. 1–9.
1999. Platnick, N. I. Dimensions of biodiversity: Targeting megadiverse groups. In: Cracraft, J., and F. T. Grifo (eds.), The Living Planet in Crisis: Biodiversity Science and Policy. Columbia Univ. Press, New York: 33–52.
1999. Griswold, C. E., J. A. Coddington, N. I. Platnick, and R. R. Forster. Towards a phylogeny of entelegyne spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae, Entelegynae). Journal of Arachnology 27: 53–63, 1 table, 1 fig.
1999. Ramírez, M. J., and N. I. Platnick. On Sofanapis antillanca (Araneae, Anapidae) as a kleptoparasite of austrochiline spiders (Araneae, Austrochilidae). Journal of Arachnology 27: 547–549, figs. 1–4.
1999. Platnick, N. I. A revision of the Appalachian spider genus Liocranoides (Araneae: Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates 3285: 1–13, figs. 1–26.
1999. Platnick, N. I., and T. R. Prentice. A new species of the spider genus Zelotes (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from California. Journal of Arachnology 27: 672–674, figs. 1–4.
2000. Platnick, N. I. A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 245: 1–330, figs. 1–819, maps 1–93.
2000. Platnick, N. I. Namibian spiders: Progress and prospects. Cimbebasia 16: 199–200. 2000. Wheeler, Q. D., and N. I. Platnick. The phylogenetic species concept (sensu Wheeler and Platnick).
In: Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.), Species concepts and phylogenetic theory: A debate. Columbia Univ. Press, New York: 55–69.
2000. Wheeler, Q. D., and N. I. Platnick. A critique from the Wheeler and Platnick phylogenetic species concept perspective: Problems with alternative concepts of species. In: Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.), Species concepts and phylogenetic theory: A debate. Columbia Univ. Press, New York: 133–145.
2000. Platnick, N. I., and Q. D. Wheeler. A defense of the phylogenetic species concept (sensu Wheeler and Platnick). In: Wheeler, Q. D., and R. Meier (eds.), Species concepts and phylogenetic theory: A debate. Columbia Univ. Press, New York: 185–197.
2000. Platnick, N. I. The tracheline spider genus Paccius (Araneae, Corinnidae) in the Parc National de Marojejy, Madagascar. Fieldiana, Zoology, n. ser. 97: 115–121.
2000. Platnick, N. I. On Coxapopha, a new genus of the spider family Oonopidae from Panama (Araneae Haplogynae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 403–410.
2001. Platnick, N. I., V. I. Ovtsharenko, and J. A. Murphy. A review of the ground spider genus Scotognapha (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), and its radiation on the Canary and Salvage Islands. American Museum Novitates 3338: 1–22, figs. 1–68.
2001. Platnick, N. I., and D. Ubick. A revision of the North American spiders of the new genus Socalchemmis (Araneae, Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates 3339: 1–25, figs. 1–73.
2002. Platnick, N. I. 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, figs. 1–661, maps 1–50.
2002. Platnick, N. I. Ricinulei. In: Adis, J. (ed.), Amazonian Arachnida and Myriapoda. Pensoft Publications, Sofia: 381–386, figs. 1–3.
2002. Adis, J., et al. Arachnida at ‘Reserva Ducke’, Central Amazonia/Brazil. Amazoniana 17: 1–14. 2003. Lipscomb, D., N. I. Platnick, and Q. Wheeler. 2003. The intellectual content of taxonomy: A
comment on DNA taxonomy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 65–66. 2003. Grismado, C. J., L. Lopardo, and N. I. Platnick. A new species of Austrochilus from Chile (Araneae,
Austrochilidae, Austrochilinae). Journal of Arachnology 31: 148–150. 2004. Ramírez, M. J., L. Lopardo, and N. I. Platnick. Notes on Chilean anapids and their webs. American
Museum Novitates 3428: 1–13, figs. 1–31. 2004. Platnick, N. I., and D. Penney. A revision of the widespread spider genus Zimiris (Araneae,
Prodidomidae). American Museum Novitates 3450: 1–12, figs. 1–24. 2004. Platnick, N. I. On a third group of flattened ground spiders from Australia (Araneae, Lamponidae).
American Museum Novitates 3462: 1–7, figs. 1–8.
2005. Platnick, N. I., and D. Ubick. A revision of the North American spider genus Anachemmis Chamberlin (Araneae, Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates 3477: 1–20, figs. 1–40, charts 1–3, map 1.
2005. Griswold, C. E., M. J. Ramírez, J. A. Coddington, and N. I. Platnick. Atlas of phylogenetic data for entelegyne spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae: Entelegynae) with comments on their phylogeny. Proceedings California Academy Sciences, ser. 4, 56, suppl. II: 1–324, plates 1–220.
2005. Platnick, N. I., M. U. Shadab, and L. N. Sorkin. 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, figs. 1–94.
2006. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Foundations of Phylogenetic Systematics, by J.-W. Wägele. Quarterly Review of Biology 81: 56–57.
2006. Platnick, N. I., and B. Baehr. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the family Prodidomidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 298: 1–287, figs. 1–658, maps 1–47.
2007. Platnick, N. I., and T. L. Bird. On the first African spiders of the subfamily Molycriinae (Araneae, Prodidomidae). American Museum Novitates 3552: 1–8, figs. 1–16.
2007. Platnick, N. I., and N. Horner. A new species of Drassyllus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from west Texas. Journal of Arachnology 35: 197–198.
2007. Platnick, N. I., and D. Ubick. On a new species group in the spider genus Socalchemmis (Araneae, Tengellidae). Journal of Arachnology 35: 205–207.
2007. Platnick, N. I., and D. Ubick. A revision of the spider genus Zorocrates Simon (Araneae, Zorocratidae). American Museum Novitates 3579: 1–44, figs. 1–119, maps 1–4.
2007. Russell, K. N., M. T. Do, J. C. Huff, and N. I. Platnick. Introducing SPIDA-web: Wavelets, neural networks, and Internet accessibility in an image-based automated identification system. In: MacLeod, Norman (ed.), Automated Taxon Identification in Systematics: Theory, Approaches, and Applications. Systematics Association Special Volume, Taylor & Francis: 131–152.
2007. Platnick, N. I., and A. A. Lise. On Nyetnops, a new genus of the spider subfamily Nopinae (Araneae, Caponiidae) from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3595: 1–9, figs. 1–30.
2007. Bond, J. E., and N. I. Platnick. A taxonomic review of the trapdoor spider genus Myrmekiaphila (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae). American Museum Novitates 3596: 1–30, figs. 1–106.
2008. Platnick, N. I., and D. Ubick. A revision of the endemic California spider genus Titiotus Simon (Araneae, Tengellidae). American Museum Novitates 3608: 1–34, figs. 1–86, maps 1–3.
2008. Platnick, N. I., and L. F. García H. Taxonomic notes on Colombia Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei). Journal of Arachnology 36: 145–149.
2008. Platnick, N. I. A new subterranean ground spider genus from Western Australia (Araneae: Trochanteriidae). Invertebrate Systematics 22: 295–299.
2008. Grismado, C. J., and N. I. Platnick. Review of the southern South American spider genus Platnickia (Araneae, Zodariidae). American Museum Novitates 3625: 1–19, figs. 1–78, maps 1–2.
2008. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. A new species of the spider genus Notsodipus (Araneae: Lamponidae) from Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 24: 349–350.
2008. Platnick, N. I., and P. Jäger. On the first Asian spiders of the family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae), with notes on the African genus Diploglena. American Museum Novitates 3624: 1–12, figs. 1–34.
2009. Platnick, N. I. Letter to Linnaeus. In: Knapp, S., and Q. Wheeler (eds.), Letters to Linnaeus. Linnean Society of London: 171–184.
2009. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genera Opopaea and Epectris (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3649: 1–43, figs. 1–160.
2009. Platnick, N. I. [Review of] Foundations of systematics and biogeography. Systematic Biology 58: 279–281.
2009. Platnick, N. I., and P. Jäger. A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta (Araneae, Hypochilidae) from China. ZooKeys 16: 209–215.
2009. Kranz-Baltensperger, Y., N. I. Platnick, and N. Dupérré. A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from Iran. American Museum Novitates 3656: 1–12, figs. 1–59.
2009. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The American goblin spiders of the new genus Escaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 328: 1–151, figs. 1–943.
2009. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Heteroonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Oonops. American Museum Novitates 3672: 1–72, figs. 1–410.
2009. A review of the spider genus Tengella (Araneae: Tengellidae). Contributions to Natural History 12: 1071–1080.
2010. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Scaphiella (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 332: 1–156, figs. 1–1154, maps 1–15.
2010. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Stenoonops and Australoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on related taxa. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 340: 1–111, figs. 1–843.
2010. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Niarchos and Scaphios (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 345: 1–120, figs. 1–920.
2010. Sánchez-Ruiz, A., N. I. Platnick, and N. Dupérré. A new genus of the spider family Caponiidae (Araneae, Haplogynae) from the West Indies. American Museum Novitates 3705: 1–44, figs. 1–234.
2011. Jiménez, M. L., N. I. Platnick, and N. Dupérré. The haplogyne spider genus Nopsides (Araneae, Caponiidae), with notes on Amrishoonops. American Museum Novitates 3708: 1–18, figs. 1–84.
2011. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genus Scaphidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on Dysderina. American Museum Novitates 3712: 1–51, figs. 1–300.
2011. Platnick, N. I., N. Dupérré, R. Ott, and Y. Kranz-Baltensperger. The goblin genus Brignolia (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 349: 1–131, figs. 1–837.
2011. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Pescennina (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3716: 1–64, figs. 1–302.
2011. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Simonoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3724: 1–30, figs. 1–203.
2011. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The Andean goblin spiders of the new genera Paradysderina and Semidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 364: 1–111, figs. 1–886.
2012. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1. American Museum Novitates 3730: 1–64, figs. 1–461.
2012. Platnick, N. I. The poverty of the phylocode: A reply to de Queiroz and Donoghue. Systematic Biology 61: 360–361.
2012. Platnick, N. I., N. Abrahim, F. Álvarez-Padilla, D. Andriamalala, B. C. Baehr, L. Baert, A. B. Bonaldo, A. D. Brescovit, N. Chousou-Polydouri, N. Dupérré, B. Eichenberger, W. Fannes, E. Gaublomme, R.G. Gillespie, C. J. Grismado, C. E. Griswold, M. S. Harvey, A. Henrard, G. Hormiga, M. A. Izquierdo, R. Jocqué, Y. Kranz-Baltensperger, C. Kropf, R. Ott, M.J. Ramírez, R. J. Raven, C. A. Rheims, G. R. S. Ruiz, A. J. Santos, A. Saucedo, P. Sierwald, T. Szüts, D. Ubick, and X.-P. Wang. Tarsal organ morphology and the phylogeny of goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae), with notes on basal genera. American Museum Novitates 3736: 1–52, figs. 1–329.
2012. Wheeler, Q.D. et al. [one of 39 authors]. Mapping the biosphere: Exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity. Systematics and Biodiversity 10: 1–20.
2012. Platnick, N. I., N. Dupérré, R. Ott, B. C. Baehr, and Y. Kranz-Baltensperger. The goblin spider genus Pelicinus (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 1. American Museum Novitates 3741: 1–43, figs. 1–345.
2012. Platnick, N. I., and N. Dupérré. The Caribbean goblin spider genera Scaphioides and Hortoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3751: 1–62, figs. 1–425.
2012. Platnick, N. I., N. Dupérré, D. Ubick, and W. Fannes. Got males?: The enigmatic goblin spider genus Triaeris (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3756: 1–36, figs. 1–134.
2012. Platnick, N. I., L. Berniker, and Y. Kranz-Baltensperger. The goblin spider genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae, Oonopidae) in the New World. American Museum Novitates 3759: 1–32, figs. 1–161.
2013. Platnick, N. I. The information content of taxon names: A reply to de Queiroz and Donoghue. Systematic Biology 62: 175–176.
2013. Platnick, N. I. Less on homology. Cladistics 29: 10–12. 2013. Platnick, N. I. Reification, matrices, and the interrelationships of goblin spiders (Araneae,
Oonopidae). Zootaxa 3608: 278–280. 2013. Platnick, N. I., N. Dupérré, and L. Berniker. The goblin spider genera Stenoonops and Longoonops
(Araneae: Oonopidae) in Cuba and the Virgin Islands. Entomologica Americana 118: 34–43, figs. 1–5.
2013. Platnick, N. I., N. Dupérré, L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. The goblin spider genera Prodysderina, Aschnaoonops, and Bidysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 373: 1–102, figs. 1–677.
2013. Platnick, N. I., L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. The South American goblin spider genera Dysderina and Tridysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3771: 1–52, figs. 1–367.
2013. Platnick, N. I. Foreword. In: Penney, D. (ed.), Spider Research in the 21st Century: Trends & perspectives. Siri Scientific Press, Manchester: 8–15.
2013. Ott, R., N. I. Platnick, L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. Basibulbus, a hard-bodied, haplogyne spider genus from Chile (Araneae, Dysderoidea). American Museum Novitates 3775: 1–20, figs. 1–141.
2013. Platnick, N. I., and L. Berniker. The soft-bodied goblin spiders of the new genus Noonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3776: 1–8, figs. 1–346.
2013. Platnick, N. I., and R. J. Raven. Spider systematics: Past and future. Zootaxa 3683: 595–600. 2013. Baehr, B. C., and N. I. Platnick. New species and records of the molycriine group spider genus
Wydundra (Araneae: Prodidomidae) from northern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 58: 95–105.
2013. Platnick, N. I., L. Berniker, and A. B. Bonaldo. The South American goblin spiders of the new genera Pseudodysderina and Tinadysderina (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3787: 1–43.
2013. Platnick, N. I., and L. Berniker. The goblin spider genus Oonopoides in North and Central America (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3788: 1–38.
2013. Bolzern, A., and N. I. Platnick. The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Varioonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3791: 1–66.
2014. Platnick, N. I., L. Berniker, and C. Víquez. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 2: The Costa Rican fauna. American Museum Novitates 3794: 1–75.
2014. Platnick, N. I., and L. Berniker. The Neotropical goblin spiders of the new genus Reductoonops (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3811: 1–75.
2014. Platnick, N. I., and L. Berniker. The goblin spider genus Costarina (Araneae, Oonopidae), Part 3. American Museum Novitates 3819: 1–67.
2014. Platnick, N. I., L. Berniker and C. Víquez. A new goblin spider genus of the Zyngoonops group from Costa Rica, with notes on Coxapopha (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3820: 1–20.
2015. Bolzern, A., Platnick, N. I., and L. Berniker. Three new genera of soft-bodied goblin spiders (Araneae, Oonopidae) from Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. American Museum Novitates 3824: 1–59.
2015. Platnick, N. I., and L. Berniker. The goblin spider genus Khamisia and its relatives (Araneae, Oonopidae). American Museum Novitates 3837: 1–66.
2017. Wheeler, W. C., J. A. Coddington, L. M. Crowley, D. Dimitrov, P. A. Goloboff, C. E. Griswold, G. Hormiga, L., Prendini, M. J. Ramírez, P. Sierwald, L. M. Almeida-Silva, F. Álvarez-Padilla, M. A. Arnedo, L. R. Benavides, S. P. Benjamin, J. E. Bond, C. J. Grismado, E. Hasan, M. Hedin, M. A. Izquierdo, F. M. Labarque, J. Ledford, L. Lopardo, W. P. Maddison, J. A. Miller, L. N. Piacentini, N. I. Platnick, D. Polotow, D. Silva-Dávila, N. Scharff, T. Szűts, D. Ubick, C. Vink, H. M. Wood, and J. X. Zhang. The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling. Cladistics 33: 576–616.
2019. Ramírez, M. J., C. J. Grismado, D. Ubick, V. I. Ovtsharenko, P. E. Cushing, N. I. Platnick, W. C. Wheeler, L. Prendini, L. M. Crowley, and N. V. Horner. Myrmecicultoridae, a new family of myrmecophilic spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae, Entelegynae). American Museum Novitates 3930: 1–24.
2019. Platnick, N. I. The guardstone spiders of the Phrurotimpus palustris group (Araneae, Phrurolithidae). American Museum Novitates 3944: 1–29.
[2020-in press] Platnick, N. I. (ed.), G. Hormiga, P. Jäger, R. Jocqué, M. J. Ramírez, and R. Raven. Spiders of the World. A Natural History. Princeton University Press. 256 pp.
Popular science articles on spiders: 1975. Platnick, N. I. The fallacies, phobias, and fascination of spiders. Animal Kingdom 78: 20–26. 1995. Platnick, N. I. An abundance of spiders! Natural History 104: 50–52. Children’s books on spiders: 1995. Platnick, N. I. Tarantulas are spiders. Mondo Publ. [children’s book] 2003. Platnick, N. I. How many legs? Mondo Publ. [children’s book] Articles on early 20th century American illustration art: 1998. Platnick, N. I. Boileau in the American Sunday Monthly Magazine. The Philip Boileau Collectors'
Society Newsletter, July 1998. 1999. Platnick, N. I. The "Sunday Magazine." The Illustrator Collector's News Issue 101 (May/June 1999). 2013. Platnick, N. I. America's "Golden Age of Illustration." Fox Tales: A Quarterly Newsletter of the R.
Atkinson Fox Society (Feb. 2013). Books on early 20th century American illustration art (see http://www.enchantmentink.com/): Platnick, N. I., and L. Emerson. Painting Over the Photos, Vol. 2: A Collector’s Guide to L. Goddard. Platnick, N. I. Painting Over the Photos, Vol. 1: A Collector’s Guide to James Arthur. Platnick, N. I. Lovely to Look At: A Collector’s Guide to Jules Erbit. Platnick, N. I., P. Gostick, and E. Sullivan. More Than Pretty Girls: A Collector’s Guide to the Illustrations
of McClelland Barclay. Platnick, N. I. All Is Vanity: A Collector’s Guide to C. Allan Gilbert. Platnick, N. I. Moonlight Memories: A Collector’s Guide to C. Warde Traver. Platnick, N. I. American Types: A Collector’s Guide to Clarence F. Underwood. Platnick, N. I. From Broadway: A Collector's Guide to Hamilton King. Platnick, N. I. Dreaming Eyes: A Collector's Guide to Frederick Duncan.
Platnick, N. I. The Masquer's Touch: A Collector's Guide to Henry Clive. Platnick, N. I., D. Patzer, and R. Salazar. Belles of Yesteryear: A Collector's Guide to J. Ross Bryson. Platnick, N. I., and R. Huisking. My Dream Girl: A Collector's Guide to Zoe Mozert. Platnick, N. I. The Fairest Flower: A Collector's Guide to Frank Desch. Platnick, N. I., and K. Gamlin. Girl of My Dreams: A Collector's Guide to Philip Boileau. Platnick, N. I. Lady of Mystery: A Collector's Guide to Edward Eggleston. Platnick, N. I. Blossoms of Youth: A Collector's Guide to J. Knowles Hare. Kahle, C., T. Smith, and N. I. Platnick. The Old, Old Story: A Collector's Guide to Adelaide Hiebel. Driscoll, B., C. Kahle, T. Smith, and N. I. Platnick. Love's Old Sweet Song: A Collector's Guide to Zula Kenyon. Platnick, N. I. Roses of Romance: A Collector's Guide to Bradshaw Crandell. Platnick, N. I., and M. Wooldridge. The Glamour Girl: A Collector's Guide to Rolf Armstrong. Platnick, N. I., and A. V. Buffington. American Belles: A Collector's Guide to Earl Christy, vol. 2. Platnick, N. I. Signed on the Dot: A Collector's Guide to Penrhyn Stanlaws. Platnick, N. I., and A. V. Buffington. American Belles: A Collector's Guide to Earl Christy, vol. 1. Platnick, N. I. The Fade-Away Lady: A Collector's Guide to Coles Phillips and Valentine Sandberg. Platnick, N. I. The Lady Seldom Smiles: A Collector's Guide to Neysa McMein. Platnick, N. I., and R. V. Huisking, Jr. The Winsome Lass: A Collector's Guide to Haskell Coffin. Platnick, N. I., J. and D. Patzer. The Golden Glow: A Collector's Guide to Gene Pressler.
Patronyms honoring Dr Norman I. Platnick
Genera of Araneae, with species assigned to them: Anapidae:
Euctenizidae: 6 species Myrmekiaphila coreyi Bond & Platnick, 2007 Myrmekiaphila howelli Bond & Platnick, 2007 Myrmekiaphila jenkinsi Bond & Platnick, 2007 Myrmekiaphila millerae Bond & Platnick, 2007 Myrmekiaphila minuta Bond & Platnick, 2007 Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi Bond & Platnick, 2007