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Genus: Troglotheridion Hu & Liu, 2025 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Troglotheridion sangzhiense (Zhu, 1998)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008670

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China f (Ar 006953) - (Zhu, 1998)
Allotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China m (Ar 006953) - (Zhu, 1998)
Paratype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China 4f (Ar 6956-6957, 6960; only 3f per Hu & Liu, 2025: 390) - (Zhu, 1998)

Taxonomic References

Theridion sangzhiensis Zhu, 1998: 127, 371, f. 72A-E (Dmf) Original description

Theridion sangzhiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 142, f. 79C-D, J, L (mf)

Theridion sangzhiense Yin et al., 2012: 417, f. 185a-e (mf)

Troglotheridion sangzhiense Hu & Liu, 2025a: 390, f. 1D, 5A-D, 6A-F (mf, T from Theridion)

References

Hu, C. H. & Liu, J. (2025a). A new troglobitic genus of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from China. Zootaxa 5627(2): 387-400. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.9 -- 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

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Hu & Liu, 2025a
2025-04-28	Species transferred to new genus	Hu & Liu, 2025a		Species transferred from Theridion to Troglotheridion