World Spider Catalog

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).

Gen. Physcoa Thorell, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06169

type Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Physcoa bidens (Xing, Gao & Zhu, 1994) = Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895 (Zhu, 1998: 59, sub Chrysso venusta)

Physcoa bilobata (Roy, Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2015, T from Linyphia) = Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895 (Breitling, 2015a: 2, sub Chrysso)

Physcoa hejunhuai (Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013) = Physcoa trimaculata (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991) (Lin et al., 2023a: 520, sub Chrysso)

Physcoa pseudotheridula (Siliwal, 2009) = Physcoa angula (Tikader, 1970) (Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2011a: 878, sub Chrysso)

Physcoa swatiae (Biswas, Saha & Raychaydhuri, 1997, T from Theridula) = Physcoa angula (Tikader, 1970) (Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2011a: 878, sub Chrysso)

Physcoa venusta (Yaginuma, 1957) = Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895 (Yoshida, 2001c: 174, sub Chrysso)

Physcoa angula (Tikader, 1970) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008806

Theridula angula Tikader, 1970: 15, f. 8a-c (Dmf) Original description

Theridula swatiae Biswas, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 1997: 230, f. 1-12 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008819]

Chrysso pseudotheridula Siliwal, 2009b: 6, f. 1-8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043236]

Chrysso angula Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2011a: 878, f. 1-19 (mf, T from Theridula, S of Chrysso pseudotheridula and Theridula swatiae)

Chrysso angula Sen et al., 2015: 84, f. 481-492, pl. 19 (mf)

Chrysso angula Sekhar & Sunil Jose, 2020: 880, f. 1-11 (mf)

Physcoa angula Hu et al., 2026a: 206 (T from Chrysso)

Physcoa cyclocera (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007241

Chrysso cyclocera Zhu, 1998: 62, 361, f. 34A-E (mf) Original description

Chrysso cyclocera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 103, f. 49A-B, I-J (mf)

Physcoa cyclocera Hu et al., 2026a: 206 (T from Chrysso)

Physcoa fanjingshan (Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042156

Chrysso fanjingshan Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006: 659, 689, f. 111.1-3 (Df) Original description

Physcoa fanjingshan Hu et al., 2026a: 206 (T from Chrysso)

Physcoa mingyaoi (Yin, 2012) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046185

Euryopis mingyaoi Yin in Yin et al., 2012: 348, f. 142a-f (Dm) Original description

Physcoa mingyaoi Hu et al., 2026b: 288 (T from Euryopis)

Physcoa oxycera (Zhu & Song, 1993) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007259

Chrysso oxycera Zhu & Song in Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 857, f. 10A-D (Dm) Original description

Chrysso oxycera Zhu, 1998: 63, f. 35A-D (m)

Chrysso oxycera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 103, f. 50H-I (m)

Physcoa oxycera Hu et al., 2026a: 208, f. 8A-E, 13A, D, G (m, T from Chrysso)

Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895 | | India, Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007269 TYPE SPECIES

Physcoa scintillans Thorell, 1895b: 83 (Df) Original description

Argyria venusta Yaginuma, 1957b: 11, f. 1A-J (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007280]

Argyroaster venusta Yaginuma, 1958c: 37

Argyroaster venusta Yaginuma, 1960: 38, f. 36 (m)

Physcoa scintillans Levi & Levi, 1962: 47, f. 114-117 (f; N.B.: p. 47: "probably belongs to Chrysso", p. 27: "synonym of Chrysso", the figures are named Physcoa, but under the heading Chrysso)

Chrysso venusta Levi, 1962b: 209, f. 3-5 (mf)

Chrysso venusta Yaginuma, 1971: 38, f. 36 (m)

Chrysso venusta Hu, 1984: 158, f. 163.1-3 (m, f habitus)

Chrysso venusta Yaginuma, 1986a: 46, f. 24.4 (mf)

Chrysso venusta Chikuni, 1989b: 32, f. 12 (mf)

Chrysso venusta Feng, 1990: 116, f. 91.1-5 (mf)

Chrysso venusta Amalin & Barrion, 1990: 180, f. 1a-c (m)

Chrysso venusta Chen & Zhang, 1991: 149, f. 144.1-3 (mf)

Chrysso bidens Xing, Gao & Zhu, 1994: 164, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061532]

Chrysso venusta Kim et al., 1995: 88, f. 9-12 (f)

Chrysso venusta Zhu, 1998: 59, f. 32A-D (mf, S of Chrysso bidens)

Chrysso venusta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 51C-D, K (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Yoshida, 2001c: 174, f. 66-71 (mf, T from Physcoa, S of Chrysso venusta)

Chrysso venusta Namkung, 2002: 116, f. 13.34a-b (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Namkung, 2003: 118, f. 13.34a-b (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Yoshida, 2003a: 120, f. 309-314, 581 (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Yoshida, 2009b: 376, f. 190-192 (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Yin et al., 2012: 299, f. 111a-e (mf)

Linyphia bilobata Roy et al., 2015: 62, f. 1-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047417]

Linyphia bilobata Sen et al., 2015: 96, f. 552-557, pl. 20 (f)

Chrysso scintillans Breitling, 2015a: 2 (S of Linyphia bilobata)

Chrysso scintillans Jin, 2018: 18, f. 4-8.A-G, pl. 4 (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Kim, 2021: 40, f. 13A-J, pl. 7 (mf)

Chrysso scintillans Naya, 2024a: 61, f. 1-4 (mf)

Physcoa scintillans Hu et al., 2026a: 209, f. 9A-E, 10A-B, 13B-C, E-F, H-I (mf, T from Chrysso)

Physcoa trimaculata (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991) | | China, Taiwan, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007277

Chrysso trimaculata Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991: 174, f. 8-12 (Dmf) Original description

Chrysso trimaculata Yoshida, 1993c: 31, f. 13-14 (m)

Chrysso trimaculata Zhu, 1998: 58, f. 31A-F (mf)

Chrysso trimaculata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 50F-G, O-P (mf)

Chrysso trimaculata Yin et al., 2012: 302, f. 113a-e (mf)

Chrysso trimaculata Chotwong & Tanikawa, 2013: 1, f. 1-2, 7-8 (mf)

Chrysso hejunhuai Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong in Barrion et al., 2013: 35, f. 39A-H (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048451]

Chrysso trimaculata Lin et al., 2023a: 520 (S of Chrysso hejunhuai)

Physcoa trimaculata Hu et al., 2026a: 210, f. 10C-D, 11A-F, 14A-B, E-F, I-J (mf, T from Chrysso)

Physcoa trispinula (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007278

Chrysso trispinula Zhu, 1998: 50, 361, f. 24A-D (Df) Original description

Chrysso trispinula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 51A-B (f)

Chrysso trispinula Yin et al., 2012: 304, f. 114a-c (f)

Chrysso trispinula Jin, 2018: 19, f. 4-9.A-D, pl. 4 (f)

Physcoa trispinula Hu et al., 2026a: 212, f. 10E-F, 14C, G, K (f, T from Chrysso)

Physcoa wenxianensis (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007288

Chrysso wenxianensis Zhu, 1998: 64, 362, f. 36A-D (Dm) Original description

Chrysso wenxianensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 51N-O (m)

Chrysso wenxianensis Yin et al., 2012: 308, f. 117a-c (m)

Physcoa wenxianensis Hu et al., 2026a: 212, f. 12A-E, 14D, H, L (m, T from Chrysso)