Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881: 190 (sub Hardotarsoidae, removed from the synonymy of Oonopidae by Roewer, 1963a: 122, contra Roewer, 1942a: 287) by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 111 (after Wunderlich, 1978a: 25 and Wunderlich, 1986: 95, contra Baert, 1984a: 615 and Davies, 1985: 67), who recognized an expanded Hadrotarsinae as well as a separate subfamily Spintharinae Simon, 1894a: 512 (sub Spinthareae); the subfamily Theonoeinae Simon, 1894a: 586 (sub Theonoeae) (synonym Pholcommatinae Simon, 1894a: 589, sub Pholcommateae), which include Theonoe Simon, 1881, Carniella Thaler & Steinberger, 1988, Robertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 and Pholcomma Thorell, 1869, is circumscribed by Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 51; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 also mention the subfamilies Argyrodinae Simon, 1881a: 14 (sub Argyrodini) and Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928: 117 (junior synyonym of Dipoeninae Simon, 1894a: 561, sub Dipoeneae).

In synonymy:

Paoningia Schenkel, 1936 = Phycosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Liu et al., 2025b: 325)

Trigonobothrys Simon, 1889 = Phycosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 (Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2003: 28, with erroneous priority, contra Levi & Levi, 1962: 26)

Gen. Phycosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03526
type Phycosoma oecobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880; gender neuter
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Euryopis Menge, 1868 by Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2003: 28 (contra Levi & Levi, 1962: 26), considered a junior synonym of Trigonobothrys Simon, 1889b: 230 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05722] (type T. excisus Simon, 1889) by Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2003: 28, but actually a senior synonym of that name; Trigonobothrys was removed from the synonymy of Dipoena Thorell, 1869 by Yoshida, 2002a: 14, contra Levi & Levi, 1962: 25-32 and was considered by Yoshida, 2002a: 14 to include "the species of the D. lineatipes group designated by Levi (1953)" but only taxa explicitly transferred by him are listed here, until a wider, worldwide sample of taxa can be studied; Trigonobothrys considered part of Lasaeola Simon, 1881 by Wunderlich, 2008b: 283; considered a senior synonym of Paoningia Schenkel, 1936b: 41 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05682] (type P. turriceps Schenkel, 1936) by Liu et al., 2025b: 325 (by transfer of the type species, removed from synonymy of Dipoena, contra Levi & Levi, 1962: 25).

Transferred to other genera:

Phycosoma stigmosum Yin, 2012 -- see Lasaeola

In synonymy:

Phycosoma amamiense (Yoshida, 1985) = Phycosoma japonicum (Yoshida, 1985) (Hu et al., 2026b: 296)

Phycosoma boesenbergi (Strand, 1902, T from Lasaeola) = Phycosoma inornatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (Wiehle, 1937: 187, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma coreanum (Paik, 1995) = Phycosoma martinae (Roberts, 1983) (Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 132, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma decamaculatum (Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1992) = Phycosoma martinae (Roberts, 1983) (Zhu, 1998: 236, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma dissimile (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906, T from Lasaeola) = Phycosoma inornatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) (Simon, 1914: 302, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma furtivum (Chickering, 1951) = Phycosoma altum (Keyserling, 1886) (Levi, 1963a: 159, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma hubeiense (Chen & Zhao, 1996) = Phycosoma sinicum (Zhu, 1992) (Zhu, 1998: 238, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma immaculatum (Zhu, 1998, T from Dipoena) = Phycosoma flavomarginatum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Yoshida, 2002a: 14, sub Trigonobothrys)

Phycosoma kayaense (Paik, 1996) = Phycosoma japonicum (Yoshida, 1985) (Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 128, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma luteum (Keyserling, 1891, T from Euryopis) = Phycosoma altum (Keyserling, 1886) (Levi, 1963a: 159, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma pallidum (Chickering, 1943) = Phycosoma altum (Keyserling, 1886) (Levi, 1963a: 159, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma ruedai (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) = Phycosoma martinae (Roberts, 1983) (Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 132, sub Dipoena)

Phycosoma aheneum (Dyal, 1935) | | Pakistan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007339
Trigonobothrys aheneus Dyal, 1935: 162, pl. 11, f. 10, pl. 14, f. 87-88 (Df) Original description
Phycosoma aheneum Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2003: 28 (T from Dipoena, automatically with the S of Trigonobothrys with Phycosoma instead of Dipoena)
Phycosoma altum (Keyserling, 1886) | | Mexico to Brazil. Introduced to Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007340
Dipoena alta Keyserling, 1886b: 45, pl. 12, f. 159 (Dm) Original description
Euryopis lutea Keyserling, 1891: 227, pl. 9, f. 168 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055840]
Dipoena pallida Chickering, 1943b: 364, f. 50-51 (Df; preoccupied by Emerton, 1913, see Thymoites pallidus) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066426]
Dipoena furtiva Chickering in Roewer, 1951: 455 (replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055838]
Dipoena furtiva Levi, 1953a: 3, f. 18 (f)
Dipoena alta Levi, 1963a: 159, f. 138-139 (f, S of Dipoena furtiva, D. lineatipes [revalidated by Roberts, 1979: 202], D. pallida Chickering and Euryopis lutea)
Dipoena alta Roberts, 1979: 201, f. 1-57, 107, 111-114 (mf)
Dipoena alta Coddington, 1990: 17, f. 76 (m)
Phycosoma alta Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma altum Ibarra-Núñez, Maya-Morales & Chamé-Vázquez, 2011: 1186, f. 5f (f)
Phycosoma altum Malik, Das & Siliwal, 2016b: 1094, f. 1A-E (m)
Phycosoma corrugum Gao & Li, 2014 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046691
Phycosoma corrugum Gao & Li, 2014: 63, f. 51A-D, 52A-B, 53A-E, 54A-D (Dmf) Original description
Phycosoma crenatum Gao & Li, 2014 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046692
Phycosoma crenatum Gao & Li, 2014: 70, f. 55A-B, 56A-D, 57A-D (Dm) Original description
Phycosoma diaoluo F. Zhang & B. S. Zhang, 2012 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045000
Phycosoma diaoluo Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 33, f. 6-8 (Dm) Original description
Phycosoma diaoluo Vanuytven, 2021: 230, f. B.238d (= f at fig.) (m)
Phycosoma digitula F. Zhang & B. S. Zhang, 2012 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044999
Phycosoma digitula Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 31, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description
Phycosoma excisum (Simon, 1889) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007381
Trigonobothrys excisus Simon, 1889b: 231 (Df) Original description
Trigonobothrys excisus Simon, 1894a: 559, f. 571 (f)
Trigonobothrys excisus Levi & Levi, 1962: 41, f. 52-54 (Dmf)
Phycosoma excisum Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 8, f. 1c (m, T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma flavomarginatum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007383
Dipoena flavomarginata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 151, pl. 12, f. 279 (Dmf) Original description
Dipoena flavomarginata Ohno & Yaginuma, 1968: 27, f. 1-5 (f)
Dipoena flavomarginata Arita, 1970: 26, f. 13-14 (f)
Dipoena flavomarginata Yoshida, 1978a: 22, f. 3 (m)
Dipoena flavomarginata Yaginuma, 1986a: 42, f. 23.2 (mf)
Dipoena flavomarginata Chikuni, 1989b: 36, f. 33 (mf)
Dipoena flavomarginata Zhu, 1998: 231, f. 150A-D (mf)
Dipoena immaculata Zhu, 1998: 251, f. 167A-D (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007398]
Dipoena flavomarginata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 53K-L, P (mf)
Dipoena immaculata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 54M-N (m)
Dipoena flavomarginata Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 136, f. 18-20 (mf)
Dipoena flavomarginata Namkung, 2002: 110, f. 13.28a-b (mf)
Trigonobothrys flavomarginatus Yoshida, 2002a: 14, f. 25-28 (mf, T from Dipoena, S of Dipoena immaculata)
Trigonobothrys flavomarginatus Namkung, 2003: 112, f. 13.28a-b (mf)
Trigonobothrys flavomarginatus Yoshida, 2003a: 181, f. 503-506, 595 (mf)
Dipoena flavomarginata Lee et al., 2004: 100, unnumbered f. (f)
Phycosoma flavomarginatum Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma flavomarginatum Yoshida, 2009b: 391, f. 343-344 (mf)
Dipoena flavomarginata Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 92, f. 52A-E (mf)
Phycosoma flavomarginata Yin et al., 2012: 370, f. 155a-c (f)
Phycosoma flavomarginatum Kim, 2021: 116, f. 49A-F (f)
Phycosoma hainanense (Zhu, 1998) | | China (Hainan), Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007393
Dipoena hainanensis Zhu, 1998: 234, f. 153A-F (Dmf) Original description
Dipoena hainanensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 54C-D. K-L (mf)
Phycosoma hainanensis Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 41 (T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma hana (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007394
Dipoena hana Zhu, 1998: 237, f. 155A-C (Df) Original description
Dipoena hana Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 54E-F (f)
Phycosoma hana Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 36, f. 15-19 (Dmf, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma inornatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) | | Europe, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007399
Theridion inornatum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861a: 433 (Dmf) Original description
Theridion inornatum Blackwall, 1864a: 196, pl. 14, f. 127 (mf)
Euryopis inornata Pavesi, 1873a: 90
Steatoda inornata L. Koch, 1877b: 140
Euryopis inornata Bertkau, 1880b: 310, pl. 6, f. 11 (m)
Lasaeola inornata Simon, 1881a: 146 (T from Theridion)
Lasaeola inornata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 25, pl. 1, f. 18 (mf)
Lasaeola inornata Bösenberg, 1902: 125, pl. 11, f. 160 (mf)
Lasaeola bösenbergi Strand, 1902: 5 (invalid provisional name for Dipoena inornata by Bösenberg, 1902) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066427]
Lasaeola dissimilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1906a: 49, 58, pl. A, f. 6-8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055837]
Lasaeola dissimilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1907: 75, 84, pl. A, f. 1 (Df)
Dipoena inornata Lessert, 1910b: 117
Dipoena inornata Simon, 1914: 278, 302 (S of Lasaeola dissimilis)
Dipoena inornata Wiehle, 1937: 187, f. 186-189 (mf, S of Lasaeola boesenbergi)
Dipoena inornata Bristowe, 1939: 63 (S of Lasaeola dissimilis confirmed)
Dipoena inornata Locket & Millidge, 1953: 47, f. 31D-E, 32C (mf)
Dipoena inornata Lehtinen & Kleemola, 1962: 110, f. 15 (f)
Dipoena inornata Miller, 1967: 291, pl. XIV, f. 5-6 (f)
Dipoena inornata Tystshenko, 1971: 144, f. 373, 376 (mf)
Dipoena inornata Miller, 1971: 186, pl. XXXI, f. 22 (f)
Dipoena inornata Palmgren, 1974b: 11, f. 3.6-7 (mf)
Dipoena inornata Roberts, 1985: 176, f. 78c (mf)
Dipoena inornata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 284, f. 767 (mf)
Dipoena inornata Roberts, 1995: 268, f. (mf)
Dipoena inornata Roberts, 1998: 283, f. (mf)
Phycosoma inornata Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Dipoena)
Dipoena inornata Almquist, 2006: 60, f. 86a-e (mf)
Phycosoma inornatum Marusik & Kunt, 2010a: 3, f. 4-5, 8, 10 (mf)
Dipoena inornata Le Peru, 2011: 440, f. 680 (mf)
Phycosoma inornatum Kovblyuk, Marusik & Omelko, 2012: 252, f. 35-38 (m)
Lasaeola inornata Wunderlich, 2020a: 11, f. 16-17 (mf)
Phycosoma inornatum Hradská et al., 2021: 136, f. 6a-b (f)
Lasaeola inornata Breitling, 2021a: 28
Phycosoma inornatum Zamani et al., 2021b: 293, f. 11G-H (m)
Phycosoma jamesi (Roberts, 1979) | | Jamaica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007403
Dipoena jamesi Roberts, 1979: 204, f. 88-106, 115-116 (Dmf) Original description
Phycosoma jamesi Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma japonicum (Yoshida, 1985) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007404
Pholcomma japonicum Yoshida, 1985c: 10, f. 3, 8-10 (Df) Original description
Pholcomma amamiensis Yoshida, 1985c: 11, f. 4-5, 11-12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007341]
Pholcomma japonicum Yoshida, 1989b: 318, f. 4M (f)
Dipoena japonica Yoshida, 1991e: 33, f. 1, 3-4 (f, T from Pholcomma; f. 2 see Phycosoma martinae)
Dipoena amamiensis Yoshida, 1991e: 35 (T from Pholcomma; m f. 5-6 see Lasaeola okinawana)
Dipoena amamiensis Zhu, 1992: 108, f. 1-4 (f, may be that of D. sticta)
Dipoena amamiensis Paik, 1995c: 33, f. 7-12 (f)
Dipoena kayaensis Paik, 1996e: 42, f. 1-14 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007406]
Dipoena japonica Kim & Kim, 1997: 20, f. 1-5 (f)
Dipoena amamiensis Zhu, 1998: 242, f. 159A-D (f, may be that of D. sticta; m f. 159E see Lasaeola okinawana)
Dipoena amamiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 53G-H (f; m f. 53M see Lasaeola okinawana)
Dipoena japonica Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 128, f. 1-6 (mf, S of Dipoena kayaensis)
Dipoena amamiensis Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 130, f. 7-10 (Dmf)
Dipoena amamiensis Marusik & Koponen, 2000: 65 (S of Dipoena kayaensis; but S of D. kayaensis with D. japonica by Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 128 accepted by Platnick)
Trigonobothrys amamiensis Yoshida, 2002a: 14, f. 6 (m, T from Dipoena)
Trigonobothrys japonicus Yoshida, 2002a: 14 (T from Dipoena)
Trigonobothrys amamiensis Yoshida, 2003a: 177, f. 489-492 (mf)
Trigonobothrys japonicus Yoshida, 2003a: 175, f. 483-488 (mf)
Phycosoma amamiense Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma japonicum Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma amamiense Yoshida, 2009b: 391, f. 335-337 (mf)
Phycosoma japonicum Yoshida, 2009b: 391, f. 332-334 (mf)
Dipoena amamiensis Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 91, f. 51A-D (f)
Phycosoma amamiensis Yin et al., 2012: 369, f. 154a-e (mf)
Phycosoma amamiense Kim, 2021: 115, f. 48A-E (f)
Phycosoma japonicum Xie, Liu & Peng, 2021: 141, f. 1A-F (m)
Phycosoma japonicum Kim, 2021: 118, f. 50A-I (mf)
Phycosoma amamiense Suzuki et al., 2023: 45, f. 5E-F (f)
Phycosoma amamiense Hino, 2024: 53, f. 1E-F (m)
Phycosoma japonicum Suzuki & Hisasue, 2024b: 70, f. 2I, 3K-L, 9D (m)
Phycosoma amamiense Suzuki et al., 2025: 48, f. 6E-G, J, L (m)
Phycosoma japonicum Hidaka & Eto, 2025: 95, f. 1D-E (f)
Phycosoma japonicum Suzuki et al., 2025: 48, f. 6H-I, K, M (m)
Phycosoma japonicum Hu et al., 2026b: 296 (S of Phycosoma amamiense)
Phycosoma labiale (Zhu, 1998) | | Russia (Far East), China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007410
Dipoena labialis Zhu, 1998: 241, f. 158A-D (Df) Original description
Dipoena labialis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 55A-B (f)
Phycosoma labialis Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 38, f. 20-24 (Dm, f, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma ligulaceum Gao & Li, 2014 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046693
Phycosoma ligulaceum Gao & Li, 2014: 70, f. 58A-B, 59A-D, 60A-D (Dm) Original description
Phycosoma lineatipes (Bryant, 1933) | | USA to Brazil, Galapagos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007417
Dipoena lineatipes Bryant, 1933a: 174, pl. 1, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Dipoena lineatipes Levi, 1953b: 12, f. 11-15, 120-121 (Dmf)
Dipoena lineatipes Roberts, 1979: 202, f. 58-87, 108-110 (mf, removed from S of Dipoena alta, rejecting Levi, 1963a: 159)
Phycosoma lineatipes Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma lineatipes Baert et al., 2023: 32, f. 120A-C (mf)
Phycosoma martinae (Roberts, 1983) | | Kenya, Angola, South Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar, India, China, Korea, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007423
Dipoena martinae Roberts, 1983: 227, f. 32-35 (Dm) Original description
Dipoena japonica Yoshida, 1991e: 33, f. 2 (f; misidentified per Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 132)
Dipoena decamaculata Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1992: 270, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055836]
Dipoena ruedai Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 454, f. 274a-j (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007474]
Dipoena coreana Paik, 1995c: 32, f. 1-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007370]
Dipoena martinae Zhu, 1998: 236, f. 154A-F (mf, S of Dipoena decamaculata)
Dipoena martinae Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 55C-D, K-L (mf)
Dipoena martinae Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 132, f. 11-16 (mf, S of Dipoena coreana and D. ruedai)
Trigonobothrys martinae Yoshida, 2002a: 14 (T from Dipoena)
Trigonobothrys martinae Yoshida, 2003a: 178, f. 493-498 (mf)
Trigonobothrys martinae Sudhikumar, Mathew & Sebastian, 2004: 52, f. a-h (mf)
Phycosoma martinae Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma martinae Saaristo, 2006: 52, f. 1-4 (mf)
Phycosoma martinae Yoshida, 2009b: 391, f. 338-340 (mf)
Phycosoma martinae Saaristo, 2010: 240, f. 37.9-12 (mf)
Phycosoma martinae Kim, 2021: 120, f. 51A-G (m)
Phycosoma martinae Serita, 2021a: 104, f. 1a-b (f)
Phycosoma martinae Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 61, p. 60: 4 f., p. 61: 8 f. (m)
Phycosoma martinae Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025: 108, f. 2G-H (m)
Phycosoma menustya (Roberts, 1983) | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007427
Dipoena menustya Roberts, 1983: 224, f. 24-31 (Dmf) Original description
Phycosoma menustya Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma menustya Saaristo, 2010: 239, f. 37.1-8 (mf)
Phycosoma molle (Simon, 1903) | | Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007431
Trigonobothrys molle Simon, 1903e: 75 (Df) Original description
Phycosoma molle Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2003: 28 (T from Dipoena, automatically with the S of Trigonobothrys with Phycosoma instead of Dipoena)
Phycosoma mustelinum (Simon, 1889) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan, Indonesia (Krakatau) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007432
Euryopis mustelina Simon, 1889d: 251 (Df) Original description
Euryopis mustelina Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 137, pl. 3, f. 2, pl. 12, f. 276 (f)
Euryopis mustelina Paik, 1962: 74, f. 1 (f)
Dipoena mustelina Yaginuma, 1967b: 88, f. 1a-c (Dmf, T from Euryopis)
Dipoena mustelina Yaginuma, 1986a: 42, f. 23.3 (mf)
Dipoena mustelina Chikuni, 1989b: 36, f. 32 (mf)
Dipoena mustelina Zhu, 1992: 109, f. 5-6 (f)
Dipoena mustelina Zhu, 1998: 240, f. 157A-D (mf)
Dipoena mustelina Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 55E-F, M (mf)
Dipoena mustelina Yoshida & Ono, 2000: 135, f. 17 (m)
Dipoena mustelina Namkung, 2002: 111, f. 13.29a-b (mf)
Dipoena mustelina Kim & Cho, 2002: 302, f. 793-798 (mf)
Trigonobothrys mustelinus Yoshida, 2002a: 14 (T from Dipoena)
Trigonobothrys mustelinus Namkung, 2003: 113, f. 13.29a-b (mf)
Trigonobothrys mustelinus Yoshida, 2003a: 179, f. 499-502, 594 (mf)
Dipoena mustelina Lee et al., 2004: 100, unnumbered f. (f)
Phycosoma mustelinum Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma mustelinum Yoshida, 2009b: 391, f. 12, 341-342 (mf)
Phycosoma mustelina Yin et al., 2012: 372, f. 156a-c (f)
Phycosoma mustelinum Kim, 2021: 121, f. 52A-I (mf)
Phycosoma nigromaculatum (Yoshida, 1987) | | China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007436
Pholcomma nigromaculatum Yoshida, 1987c: 29, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description
Dipoena nigromaculata Zhu, 1998: 227, f. 147A-E (mf, T from Pholcomma)
Dipoena nigromaculata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 55G-H, N (mf)
Trigonobothrys nigromaculatus Yoshida, 2002a: 15 (T from Dipoena)
Trigonobothrys nigromaculatus Yoshida, 2003a: 152, f. 507-511 (mf)
Phycosoma nigromaculatum Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10 (T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma nigromaculatum Yoshida, 2009b: 391, f. 345-347 (mf)
Phycosoma nigromaculatum Suzuki et al., 2023: 45, f. 5G-H (f)
Phycosoma nigromaculatum Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025: 108, f. 2I-N (mf)
Phycosoma oecobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 | | New Zealand (mainland, Chatham Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007728 TYPE SPECIES
Phycosoma oecobioides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880a: 692, pl. 52, f. 6 (Df) Original description
Trigonobothrys oecobioides Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2003: 26, f. 1, 2a-c (Dmf, T from Euryopis)
Phycosoma oecobioides Fitzgerald & Sirvid, 2004: 10, f. 1a, 2a (mf, T from Trigonobothrys)
Phycosoma ripa (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007471
Dipoena ripa Zhu, 1998: 233, 376, f. 152A-D (Df) Original description
Dipoena ripa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 56C-D (f)
Phycosoma ripa Liu et al., 2025b: 325, f. 9c, e-f (f, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma ripa Hu et al., 2026b: 197, f. 6A-F, 7A-B, 8A-F (Dm, f)
Phycosoma sinicum (Zhu, 1992) | | China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007486
Dipoena sinica Zhu, 1992: 109, f. 7-13 (Dmf) Original description
Dipoena hubeiensis Chen & Zhao, 1996: 35, f. 1-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055839]
Dipoena sinica Zhu, 1998: 238, f. 156A-G (mf, S of Dipoena hubeiensis)
Dipoena sinica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 56E-F, K-L (mf)
Dipoena sinica Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 93, f. 53A-G (mf)
Dipoena sinica Yin et al., 2012: 323, f. 126a-d, 13-4g (mf)
Phycosoma sinica Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 41 (T from Dipoena)
Dipoena sinica Jin, 2018: 20, f. 4-10.A-G, pl. 4 (mf)
Phycosoma spundana (Roberts, 1978) | | South Africa, Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007487
Dipoena spundana Roberts, 1978: 903, f. 1-4 (Dm) Original description
Phycosoma spundana Saaristo, 2006: 54, f. 5-12 (m, Df, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma spundana Saaristo, 2010: 241, f. 37.13-20 (mf)
Phycosoma spundana Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 62, 10 f. (mf)
Phycosoma stellare (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007489
Dipoena stellaris Zhu, 1998: 230, f. 149A-D (Df) Original description
Dipoena stellaris Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 56G-H (f)
Phycosoma stellaris Zhang & Zhang, 2012b: 34, f. 9-14 (Dm, f, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma stictum (Zhu, 1992) | | China, Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007490
Dipoena sticta Zhu, 1992: 110, f. 14-17 (Dm) Original description
Dipoena sticta Zhu, 1998: 252, f. 168A-D (m)
Dipoena sticta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 56M-N (m)
Phycosoma sticta Yin et al., 2012: 373, f. 157a-c (m, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma submustelinum (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007493
Dipoena submustelina Zhu, 1998: 250, 355, f. 166A-D (Df) Original description
Dipoena submustelina Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 57A-B (f)
Phycosoma submustelina Liu et al., 2025b: 325, f. 9a-b, d (f, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma turriceps (Schenkel, 1936) | | China, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007504
Paoningia turriceps Schenkel, 1936b: 42, f. 12 (Dm) Original description
Paoningia turriceps Levi & Levi, 1962: 41, f. 62 (m)
Dipoena turriceps Zhu, 1998: 244, f. 161A-F (m, Df)
Dipoena turriceps Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 112, f. 57C-D, I (mf)
Dipoena turriceps Yin et al., 2012: 325, f. 127a-c (m)
Phycosoma turriceps Liu et al., 2025b: 325, f. 10a-f (mf, T from Dipoena)
Phycosoma yanshun Lin & Li, 2024 | | Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061470
Phycosoma yanshun Lin & Li in Lin et al., 2024c: 149, f. 16A-B, 17A-B, 18A-B (Dmf) Original description

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