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Genus: Megama Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Megama bimaculata (Yoshida, 1998)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007235

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Described:

Distribution: China, Japan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m (4148) - (Yoshida, 1998a)
Allotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan f (4149) - (Yoshida, 1998a)
Paratype: Hajime Yoshida Private Collection, Yamagata, Japan 1f - (Yoshida, 1998a)

Taxonomic References

Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 1998a: 105, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 2003a: 125, f. 330-335 (mf)

Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 2009b: 378, f. 203-204 (mf)

Chrysso bimaculata Zhang & Zhang, 2012a: 28, f. 13-17 (mf)

Chrysso bimaculata Hidaka, 2022d: 97, f. 1-4 (mf)

Megama bimaculata Hu et al., 2026a: 201, f. 2A-E, 3C-D, 4C-D, G-H, K-L (mf, T from Chrysso)

References

Hidaka, R. (2022d). [On some spiders newly added to the spider fauna of Kumamoto Pref., Japan]. Kishidaia 121: 97-99. -- Show included taxa

Hu, C. H., Zhong, R., Liu, J. & Li, Z. C. (2026a). A revision of Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 sensu lato (Araneae, Theridiidae). ZooKeys 1266: 193-218. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1266.172838 -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (1998a). A new species of the genus Chrysso (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 47(2): 105-107. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.47.105 -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, B. S. & Zhang, F. (2012a). Two new spider species of the genus Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 (Araneae, Theridiidae) in Hainan Island, China. ZooKeys 190: 21-31. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.190.2924 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-01-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Hu et al., 2026a
2026-01-14	Species transferred to new genus	Hu et al., 2026a	Species transferred from Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 to Megama Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026
2022-12-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Hidaka, 2022d