''Coleosoma'' is a

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comb-footed spiders Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...

that was first described by

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in 1882.

Species

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

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, 1884) – USA to Argentina *'' Coleosoma africanum''

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& Krause, 1995 – Cape Verde Is. *'' Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (

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*'' 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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Coleosoma matinikum ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Eugen von Keyserling, Keyserling, ...

'' 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

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

Species

See also

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