Phycosoma nigromaculatum (Yoshida, 1987)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007436

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Described:

Distribution: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan

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Taxonomic References
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 fromĀ 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)
References

Fitzgerald, B. M. & Sirvid, P. J. (2004). Notes on the genus Phycosoma Cambridge, 1879, senior synonym of Trigonobothrys Simon, 1889 (Theridiidae: Araneae). Tuhinga 15: 7-12. -- Show included taxa

Hino, Y., Suzuki, Y. & Megumi, K. (2025). A list of spiders collected from the mainland of Kagoshima, Japan. Kishidaia 126: 105-117. -- 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

Suzuki, Y., Noguchi, S., Osaki, H. & Tatsuta, H. (2023). Spiders (Araneae) collected from Kuchino-shima, Gaja-jima and Suwanosejima Islands, the Tokara Islands, Japan. Kagoshima Prefectural Museum Research Report 42(2022): 41-56. [[publ. March 2023]] -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (1987c). A new spider of the genus Pholcomma (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Taiwan and Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 42: 29-32. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2002a). A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Hadrotarsinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 51(1): 7-18. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.51.7 -- 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

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-07-06 New taxonomic reference entry Hino, Suzuki & Megumi, 2025
2024-12-19 Species distribution update Old value
2024-08-29 New taxonomic reference entry Suzuki et al., 2023
2014-03-03 Species distribution update Gao & Li, 2014 Old value

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