World Spider Catalog

Genus: Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011 | Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881

Chthonopes housaiyuae (Lin & Li, 2022)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054899

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China m (Ar43325) - (Lin et al., 2022c)
Paratype: Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing, China 1m 4f (Ar43326-43330) - (Lin et al., 2022c)
Holotype: Natural History Museum of Sichuan University (NHMSU), Chengdu, China m of Chthonopes bifidus - (Yang, Yu & Lin, 2022)
Paratype: Natural History Museum of Sichuan University (NHMSU), Chengdu, China 15f 11j of Chthonopes bifidus - (Yang, Yu & Lin, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, in Lin et al., 2022c: 266, f. 59A-C, 60A-B, 61A-B, 62 (Dmf) Original description

Chthonopes bifidum Yu & Lin, in Yang, Yu & Lin, 2022: 150, f. 1A-G, 2A-D (Dmf; Chthonopes is masculine) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056051]

Chthonopes housaiyuae Dutta et al., 2026: 297 (T from Wendilgarda, S of Chthonopes bifidus)

References

Dutta, S., Goswami, R., Sudhin, P. P., Sen, S. & Banerjee, D. (2026). Taxonomic notes on the ray spider family Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 (Arachnida: Araneae) from India. Zootaxa 5821(2): 291-300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5821.2.10 [[Zoobank: 8CE6D7CA-84BA-4F37-8C14-02AA0818DDBD]] -- Show included taxa

Lin, Y. J., Zhao, H. F., Koh, J. K. H. & Li, S. Q. (2022c). Taxonomy notes on twenty-eight spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia. Zoological Systematics 47(3): 198-270. doi: 10.11865/zs.2022303 -- Show included taxa

Yang, W. C., Yu, H. & Lin, Y. C. (2022). A review of the spider genus Chthonopes (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae), with descriptions of two new species from China. ZooKeys 1124: 147-160. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1124.89991 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2026-05-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Dutta et al., 2026
2026-05-30	Species transferred to new genus	Dutta et al., 2026	Species transferred from Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 to Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011
2022-07-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Lin et al., 2022c
2022-07-28	New species inserted	Lin et al., 2022c