World Spider Catalog

Genus: Melos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Melos bicolor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900

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Described: j

Distribution: Britain

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK jm (1713, n. 192) - (Brignoli, 1970b)

Taxonomic References

Melos bicolor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900a: 6, pl. A, f. 3-3g (Djm; possibly introduced from exotic regions) Original description

Melos bicolor Brignoli, 1970b: 1413 (nomen dubium, removed from S of Cepheia longiseta)

Melos bicolor Sherwood, 2025b: 149, f. 18A-B (j, nomen dubium confirmed)

References

Brignoli, P. M. (1970b). Contribution à la connaissance des Symphytognathidae paléarctiques (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2) 41: 1403-1420. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1900a). Notes on British spiders observed in 1898. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 20(for 1899): 1-22. [[published on March 3, 1900, after Sykes, 1941]] -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2025b). Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34(1): 121-160. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.34.1.10 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-03-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2025b