Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957

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Described:

Distribution: China, Korea, Japan

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  • Holotype: Collection of the Arachnological Society of Japan (CASJ), Otemon Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan f - (Brignoli, 1981a)
Taxonomic References
Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957b: 15, f. 2A-E (Df) Original description
Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1960: 39, f. 39.6-8 (f)
Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1971: 39, f. 39.6-8 (f)
Spheropistha melanosoma Brignoli, 1981a: 16, f. 11-12 (f, Dm)
Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1986a: 53, f. 28.8 (mf)
Spheropistha melanosoma Chikuni, 1989b: 35, f. 29 (mf)
Argyrodes melanosoma Tanikawa, 1998a: 22, f. 3-5, 7, 8, 11, 13 (mf)
Spheropistha melanosoma Yoshida, 2001d: 190 (T from Argyrodes)
Spheropistha melanosoma Yoshida, 2003a: 141, f. 381-383 (mf)
Spheropistha melanosoma Agnarsson, 2004: 480 (T from Argyrodes confirmed)
Spheropistha melanosoma Kim & Shin, 2009: 65, f. 1-3 (m)
Spheropistha melanosoma Yoshida, 2009b: 384, f. 270-272 (mf)
Spheropistha melanosoma Hidaka, 2022c: 172, f. 5-6 (m)
Spheropistha melanosoma Lee et al., 2023a: 16, f. 1A-H (m)
Spheropistha melanosoma Hu, 2024: 284, f. 1A-F, 2A-G (mf)
References

Agnarsson, I. (2004). Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 447-626. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1981a). Spiders from the Philippines IV. A new Ogulnius and notes on some other Oriental and Japanese Theridiosomatidae (Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 30(1): 9-19. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.30.9 -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co. Tokyo, 310 pp. -- Show included taxa

Hidaka, R. (2022c). [CD Japanese spider ver. 2020 Kumamoto prefecture list unlisted species]. Kishidaia 120: 172-173. -- Show included taxa

Hu, C. H. (2024). First record of Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957 (Araneae: Theridiidae: Argyrodinae) from China, with a new combination. Serket 20(3): 281-287. -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. & Shin, S. Y. (2009). One newly recorded Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 25: 65-67. -- Show included taxa

Lee, S. Y., Yoo, J. S., Jang, C. M. & Kim, S. T. (2023a). Description of Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Environmental Biology 41(1): 14-17. doi: 10.11626/KJEB.2023.41.1.014 -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (1998a). The new synonymy of the spider genus Argyrodes (Araneae: Theridiidae) and a description of a new species from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 47(1): 21-26. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.47.21 -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1957b). Two new conopisthine spiders from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 15(1): 11-16. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.15.11 -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1960). Spiders of Japan in colour. Hoikusha Osaka, 186 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1971). Spiders of Japan in colour (enlarged and revised edition). Hoikusha Osaka (for 1969), 197 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co. Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2001d). The genus Rhomphaea (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan, with notes on the subfamily Argyrodinae. Acta Arachnologica 50(2): 183-192. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.50.183 -- 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

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-11-16 New taxonomic reference entry Hu, 2024
2024-11-16 Species distribution update Hu, 2024 Old value
2023-04-10 New taxonomic reference entry Lee et al., 2023a
2023-04-10 Species distribution update Lee et al., 2023a Old value
2022-04-13 New taxonomic reference entry Hidaka, 2022c

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