Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) is recorded from Ascension Island for the first time, based on an examined adult female, collected by vegetation beating. The complex taxonomic history of P. adamsoni is discussed, to contextualize the significance of this record, which may have been misidentified as a similar congener – Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – if not for recent corrections to the literature by Dupérré (2023).
Sherwood, Danniella & Sharp, Adam. (2023). First record of the cob-web spider Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) from Ascension Island (Araneae: Theridiidae). SERKET The Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa. 19. 355-358.
