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Genus: Physcoa Thorell, 1895 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Physcoa cyclocera (Zhu, 1998)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007241

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China f - (Zhu, 1998)
Allotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China m - (Zhu, 1998)

Taxonomic References

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)

References

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

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- 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	Old value	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 Physcoa Thorell, 1895