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Species of spider
Platyoides costeri is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae. It is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa.[2]
Platyoides costeri is known only from the Western Cape, where it has been recorded from elevations between 4 and 250 m above sea level. The species was originally described from Mossel Bay.[3]
The species inhabits the Fynbos biome. Like other scorpion spiders, it is a free-living wanderer with a flattened body adapted for life in narrow crevices under bark or rocks.[3]
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Only females of Platyoides costeri are known to science, though males have been collected but remain undescribed.[3]
The species is listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons, as males remain unknown and the full species range requires further study. It is protected in the Robberg Nature Reserve.[3]
- ^ Tucker, R.W.E. (1923). “The Drassidae of South Africa”. Annals of the South African Museum. 19 (2): 251–437.
- ^ “Platyoides costeri Tucker, 1923”. World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2022). The Trochanteriidae of South Africa. Version 2. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. Irene. pp. 1–18. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6659336.
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