Phycosoma turriceps (Schenkel, 1936)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007504

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Described:

Distribution: China, Laos

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Taxonomic References
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)
References

Levi, H. W. & Levi, L. R. (1962). The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127(1): 1-71, pl. 1-14. -- Show included taxa

Liu, J. X., Liang, Y., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2025b). Molecular phylogeny of the hadrotarsine genera from East Asia provides new insights for their affinities and positions within cobweb spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae: Hadrotarsinae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 25: 303-327. doi: 10.1007/s13127-025-00670-5 -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1936b). Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, unter Leitung von Dr. Sven Hedin und Prof. Sü Ping-chang. Araneae gesammelt vom schwedischen Arzt der Expedition Dr. David Hummel 1927–1930. Arkiv för Zoologi 29(A1): 1-314. -- 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

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press Changsha, 1590 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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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-08 New taxonomic reference entry Liu et al., 2025b
2025-07-08 Species transferred to new genus Liu et al., 2025b Species transferred from Dipoena to Phycosoma

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