''Coleosoma'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bl ...

in 1882.

Species

it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' (

Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk: * Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist * Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist * Hermann ...

, 1884) – USA to Argentina *'' Coleosoma africanum'' Schmidt & Krause, 1995 – Cape Verde Is. *'' Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (

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) –

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, China, Japan *'' Coleosoma caliothripsum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' Coleosoma floridanum''

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, 1900 – North, Central and South America. Introduced to Europe, Macaronesia,

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, Seychelles, India, Pacific Is. *'' Coleosoma matinikum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' Coleosoma normale'' Bryant, 1944 – USA to Brazil *'' Coleosoma octomaculatum'' (Bösenberg &

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, 1906) – China,

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, Japan. Introduced to New Zealand *'' Coleosoma pabilogum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' Coleosoma pseudoblandum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Formerly included: *''C. adamsoni'' (Berland, 1934) (Transferred to '' Platnickina'') *''C. margaritum'' Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to '' Neottiura'') In

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: *''C. acrobeles'' = ''Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 *''C. albovittatum'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. aleipata'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. antheae'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. conurum'' = ''Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 *''C. delebile'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. flavipes'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 = ''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''C. floridanum'' = ''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''C. interruptum'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. nigripalpe'' = ''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''C. rapanae'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. saispotum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. semicinctum'' (Banks, 1914) = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. vituperabile'' = ''Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Species

See also

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