Platyoides robertsi
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| Platyoides robertsi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Trochanteriidae |
| Genus: | Platyoides |
| Species: | P. robertsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Platyoides robertsi | |
Platyoides robertsi is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae. It is endemic to the Northern Cape province of South Africa.[2]
Platyoides robertsi is known only from the Northern Cape, where it has been recorded from Richtersveld National Park and Akkerendam Nature Reserve near Calvinia.[2]
Habitat
Specimens have been collected under rocks on west-facing mountain slopes in Succulent Karoo vegetation.[2]