type Pythonissa variana C. L. Koch, 1839; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Sergiolus Simon, 1891 by Ubick & Roth, 1973: 5, but not by Platnick & Shadab, 1981e: 4; not a senior synonym of Kishidaia Yaginuma, 1960 (Kamura, 2001b: 194, contra Paik, 1992a: 118).

Transferred to other genera:

Poecilochroa abjecta Chamberlin, 1936 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa albimaculata (Saito, 1934) -- see Kishidaia

Poecilochroa amphiloga (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Gertschosa

Poecilochroa angusta (Banks, 1904) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa antineae Fage, 1929 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa atomistica (Chamberlin, 1924) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa bebia (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa behni Thorell, 1891 -- see Hitobia

Poecilochroa bellior (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa bicolor (Banks, 1900) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa campestrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa capulata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa cingulata (Roewer, 1933) -- see Gertschosa

Poecilochroa clara (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa clericus (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa columbiana Emerton, 1917 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa comata (Ohlert, 1867) -- see Kishidaia

Poecilochroa concinna Simon, 1895 -- see Gertschosa

Poecilochroa conspicua (L. Koch, 1866) -- see Kishidaia

Poecilochroa conspicua concolor (Caporiacco, 1951) -- see Kishidaia

Poecilochroa convictrix Simon, 1909 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa coreana Paik, 1992) -- see Kishidaia

Poecilochroa cyaneiventris (Simon, 1893) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa decorata (Kaston, 1945) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa devendrai Gajbe & Rane, 1985 -- see Hitobia

Poecilochroa dimidiata (Simon, 1878) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa famula (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa flavomaculata (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa fruitana (Chamberlin, 1928) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa furcata Simon, 1914 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa golan Levy, 1999 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa hosiziro Yaginuma, 1960 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa hungarica Kolosváry, 1934 -- see Aphantaulax

Poecilochroa ilkerakkusi Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa incompta (Pavesi, 1880) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa inconspicua Bryant, 1948 -- see Gnaphosa

Poecilochroa jodhpurensis (Gajbe, 1993) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa josephus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 -- see Cesonia

Poecilochroa lesserti Denis, 1947 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa lesserti (Schenkel, 1950) -- see Herpyllus

Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa lowelli (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa meretrix (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa minuta Banks, 1898 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa monodi Fage, 1929 -- see Odontodrassus

Poecilochroa montana Emerton, 1890 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa montanoides Schenkel, 1950 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa ocellata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa ochridana Drensky, 1929 -- see Callilepis

Poecilochroa otonensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 -- see Castianeira

Poecilochroa pacifica Banks, 1896 -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa perversa Simon, 1914 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa quadrimaculata (Yaginuma, 1960) -- see Kishidaia

Poecilochroa rufipes (Thorell, 1875) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa sabulum (Wunderlich, 2011) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa sedula (Simon, 1897) -- see Xizangiana

Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa senilis auspex (Simon, 1878) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa sockniensis (Karsch, 1881) -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa stella (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa subincompta Strand, 1908 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 1999 -- see Trichothyse

Poecilochroa tennesseensis (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa tescorum Simon, 1914 -- see Sernokorba

Poecilochroa tikaderi Patel, 1989 -- see Hitobia

Poecilochroa tribolus (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus

Poecilochroa unifascigera (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Hitobia

Poecilochroa unimaculata (Emerton, 1915) -- see Sergiolus

In synonymy:

Poecilochroa nigrofemorata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874, T from Drassus) = Poecilochroa variana (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Simon, 1914: 221)

Poecilochroa picta Simon, 1878 = Poecilochroa albomaculata (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1914: 221)

Poecilochroa pulchra (Thorell, 1875, T from Prosthesima) = Poecilochroa albomaculata (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1914: 221)

Homonym replaced:

Poecilochroa bicolor (Costa, 1834) -- see Poecilochroa phyllobia Thorell, 1871 Thorell, 1871a

Nomen dubium:

Poecilochroa malagassa Strand, 1907d: 727, Strand, 1907o: 19 (m, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24