type Pythonissa variana C. L. Koch, 1839; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Sergiolus Simon, 1891 by Ubick & Roth, 1973: 5, but not by Platnick & Shadab, 1981e: 4; not a senior synonym of Kishidaia Yaginuma, 1960 (Kamura, 2001b: 194, contra Paik, 1992a: 118).

Transferred to other genera:
Poecilochroa abjecta Chamberlin, 1936 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa albimaculata (Saito, 1934) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa amphiloga (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Gertschosa
Poecilochroa angusta (Banks, 1904) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa atomistica (Chamberlin, 1924) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa bebia (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa bellior (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa bicolor (Banks, 1900) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa capulata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa cingulata (Roewer, 1933) -- see Gertschosa
Poecilochroa clara (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa clericus (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa columbiana Emerton, 1917 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa concinna Simon, 1895 -- see Gertschosa
Poecilochroa conspicua (L. Koch, 1866) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa conspicua concolor (Caporiacco, 1951) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa convictrix Simon, 1909 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa coreana Paik, 1992) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa cyaneiventris (Simon, 1893) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa decorata (Kaston, 1945) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa famula (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa fruitana (Chamberlin, 1928) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa hosiziro Yaginuma, 1960 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa hungarica Kolosváry, 1934 -- see Aphantaulax
Poecilochroa inconspicua Bryant, 1948 -- see Gnaphosa
Poecilochroa josephus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 -- see Cesonia
Poecilochroa lesserti (Schenkel, 1950) -- see Herpyllus
Poecilochroa lowelli (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa meretrix (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa minuta Banks, 1898 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa monodi Fage, 1929 -- see Odontodrassus
Poecilochroa montana Emerton, 1890 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa montanoides Schenkel, 1950 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa ocellata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa ochridana Drensky, 1929 -- see Callilepis
Poecilochroa otonensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 -- see Castianeira
Poecilochroa pacifica Banks, 1896 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa quadrimaculata (Yaginuma, 1960) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa sedula (Simon, 1897) -- see Xizangiana
Poecilochroa stella (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa tennesseensis (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa tescorum Simon, 1914 -- see Sernokorba
Poecilochroa tribolus (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa unifascigera (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Hitobia
Poecilochroa unimaculata (Emerton, 1915) -- see Sergiolus

In synonymy:
Poecilochroa campestrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) = Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Levy, 1999d: 431).
Poecilochroa dimidiata (Simon, 1878) = Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Levy, 1999d: 431).
Poecilochroa flavomaculata (L. Koch, 1878, T from Drassodes) = Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002a: 569).
Poecilochroa incompta (Pavesi, 1880) = Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Alioua & Bosmans, 2020: 123).
Poecilochroa lesserti Denis, 1947 = Poecilochroa pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (Levy, 1999d: 433).
Poecilochroa nigrofemorata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874, T from Drassus) = Poecilochroa variana (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Simon, 1914: 221).
Poecilochroa picta Simon, 1878 = Poecilochroa albomaculata (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1914: 221).
Poecilochroa pulchra (Thorell, 1875, T from Prosthesima) = Poecilochroa albomaculata (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1914: 221).
Poecilochroa rufipes (Thorell, 1875, T from Zelotes) = Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Kovblyuk, Marusik & Omelko, 2013: 424).
Poecilochroa sabulum (Wunderlich, 2011, T from Macarophaeus) = Poecilochroa poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) (Lissner & Chatzaki, 2016c: 18, sub Poecilochroa taborensis).
Poecilochroa sockniensis (Karsch, 1881, T from Drassodes) = Poecilochroa pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 60).
Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 1999 = Poecilochroa poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) (Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020e: 1329).

Homonym replaced:
Poecilochroa bicolor (Costa, 1834) -- see Poecilochroa phyllobia (see Thorell, 1871a)

Nomen dubium:
Poecilochroa malagassa Strand, 1907d: 727, Strand, 1907o: 19 (m, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24.

Drassus albomaculatus Lucas, 1846: 224, pl. 13, f. 8 (Df).
Macaria albomaculata Simon, 1864: 113.
Prosthesima pulchra Thorell, 1875c: 111 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060370].
Poecilochroa picta Simon, 1878a: 160, pl. 14, f. 2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060371].
Poecilochroa albomaculata Simon, 1914: 183, 221 (m, S of Poecilochroa picta and Prosthesima pulchra).
Poecilochroa albomaculata Grimm, 1985: 163, f. 184-189 (f).
Poecilochroa albomaculata Di Franco, 1987: 148, f. 9-10 (m).

Poecilochroa alcala Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 190, f. 109a-h (Df).

Xerophaeus anomalus Hewitt, 1915b: 98, f. 6 (Df).
Poecilochroa anomala Tucker, 1923: 381, pl. 10, f. 81 (f).
Poecilochroa anomala Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 42, 6 f. (f).

Poecilochroa antineae Fage, 1929b: 248, f. 1 (Dm).
Macarophaeus antinae Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (lapsus, possible member of this genus).

Poecilochroa barmani Tikader, 1982b: 451, f. 354-358 (f).
Poecilochroa barmani Gajbe, 2007: 477, f. 157-161 (f).

Poecilochroa behnii Thorell, 1891: 19 (Df).

Poecilochroa bifasciata Banks, 1902c: 57, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm).
Poecilochroa bifaciata Baert et al., 2023: 10, f. 31A-C (mf, lapsus, on p. 67 at f. 31 spelling correct).

Poecilochroa capensis Strand, 1909g: 552 (Dj).
Poecilochroa capensis Tucker, 1923: 380 (Df).

Poecilochroa carinata Caporiacco, 1947c: 186, pl. 2, f. 38 (Df).

Poecilochroa dayamibrookiana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 187, f. 107a-j (Dmf).

Poecilochroa devendrai Gajbe & Rane, 1985: 117, f. 1-5 (Df).

Poecilochroa exoculata Lissner, in Lissner, Suárez & López, 2024: 1019, f. 3, 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-C, 7A-F, 9A-D (Df).

Poecilochroa faradjensis Lessert, 1929: 103, f. 1 (Df).

Poecilochroa furcata Simon, 1914: 184, 221, f. 393-394 (Dm).
Poecilochroa furcata Di Franco, 2001: 203, f. 3-4 (m).
Macarophaeus furcata Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).
Poecilochroa furcata Hoyas, 2024: 140, f. 3-6 (m).

Poecilochroa golan Levy, 1999d: 435, f. 15-16 (Df).
Macarophaeus golan Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).

Melanophora hamipalpis Kroneberg, 1875: 24, pl. 2, f. 3 (Dm).
Leptodrassus hamipalpis Simon, 1893a: 363.
Echemus hamipalpis Dalmas, 1919b: 250.
Poecilochroa hamipalpis Fomichev & Marusik, 2021a: 448, f. 22-29 (m, T from Echemus).
Poecilochroa hamipalpis Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024: 113, f. 7F, 8E-F (m).

Poecilochroa haplostylus Simon, 1907d: 235 (Dm).

Poecilochroa ilkerakkusi Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024: 120, f. 5C-F, 7A-E, 8A-D (Dm).

Poecilochroa insularis Kulczyński, 1911b: 478, pl. 21, f. 28 (Df).

Poecilochroa involuta Tucker, 1923: 382, pl. 10, f. 82 (Df).
Poecilochroa involuta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 44, 4 f. (f, undescribed m).

Megamyrmecion jodhpurensis Gajbe, 1993d: 231, f. 1-5 (Df).
Poecilochroa jodhpurense Sankaran & Caleb, 2021: 548, f. 44-46, 49-51 (f, T from Megamyrmaekion).

Poecilochroa joreungensis Paik, 1992a: 121, f. 12-21 (Df).
Poecilochroa joreungensis Jung et al., 2005: 191, f. 30, 71, 94 (f).
Poecilochroa joreungensis Kim & Lee, 2013: 126, f. 87A-B (f).

Sergiolus khodiarae Patel, 1988d: 44, f. 1a-d (Df).
Poecilochroa khodiar Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2021b: 2854 (T from Sergiolus).

Scopodes kuljitae Tikader, 1982b: 367, f. 170-174 (Df).
Poecilochroa kuljitae Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b: 156, f. 1-4 (f, T from Scopoides).

Poecilochroa latefasciata Simon, 1893e: 309 (Dj).

Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996: 143, f. 7 (Dm).
Poecilochroa loricata Bauer, 2022: 97, f. 1a-e, 2a-c (m).
Poecilochroa loricata Nicolosi et al., 2024: 1018, f. 2a-e (m, Df).

Poecilochroa parangunifasciata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 191, f. 110a-i, 111a-e (Df).

Drassus patricius Simon, 1878a: 156 (Df).
Poecilochroa patricia Simon, 1914: 185, 221, f. 399 (f).
Macarophaeus patricia Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).

Poecilochroa pauciaculeis Caporiacco, 1947c: 187 (Dj).

Poecilochroa perversa Simon, 1914: 184, 221, f. 395-396 (Dm).
Macarophaeus perversa Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).

Drassus bicolor Costa, 1834: 64 (D; preoccupied by Hahn, 1833, see Gnaphosa bicolor) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060372].
Gnaphosa phyllobia Thorell, 1871a: 201 (replacement name).
Poecilochroa bicolor Reimoser, 1919: 172.
Poecilochroa phyllobia Roewer, 1955c: 430.

Phaeocedus poonaensis Tikader, 1982b: 362, f. 158-163 (Df).
Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 1999d: 436, f. 17-18 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027762].
Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 2009: 20, f. 44-46 (Dm, f).
Macarophaeus sabulum Wunderlich, 2011: 49, f. 68h-i (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043970].
Macarophaeus taborensis Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).
Macarophaeus sabulum Wunderlich, 2012b: 187, f. 8-11 (Dm).
Poecilochroa taborensis Lissner & Chatzaki, 2016c: 17, f. 1, 2A-C, 3A-D, 4A-E, 5A-C, 6A-D (mf, S of Macarophaeus sabulum).
Macarophaeus taborensis Wunderlich, 2017b: 315 (S of Macarophaeus sabulum confirmed; T to Macarophaeus not accepted, because Lissner & Chatzaki, 2016c is not taken into account).
Poecilochroa taborensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020e: 1329, f. 3a-c (f, T from Phaeocedus, S of Poecilochroa poonaensis; took the younger name as valid without explanation).
Poecilochroa poonaensis Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2021c: 3003 (S of Poecilochroa taborensis, correction of Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2020e: 1329).
Poecilochroa poonaensis Domènech et al., 2023: 160, f. 1A-D (mf).
Poecilochroa poonaensis Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 50, f. 25A-C (m).

Drassus pugnax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 399, pl. 52, f. 25 (Dm).
Drassus sockniensis Karsch, 1881a: 12, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027001].
Poecilochroa pugnax Simon, 1908a: 423 (Df).
Scotophaeus subpugnax Strand, 1908h: 62 (provisional name).
Poecilochroa lesserti Denis, 1947a: 62, pl. 3, f. 8-10 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060363].
Poecilochroa pugnax Levy, 1999d: 433, f. 10-14 (mf, S of Poecilochroa lesserti).
Macarophaeus pugnax Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).
Poecilochroa pugnax Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 60, f. 2d-e (f, S of Drassodes sockniensis).
Poecilochroa pugnax Abdel-Ghani, Hassan & Sallam, 2023: 33, f. 9 (f).

Poecilochroa rollini Berland, 1933b: 46, f. 7-12 (Df).
Poecilochroa rollini Dierkens & Ramage, 2016: 141, f. 17-18 (f).

Drassus senilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 236, pl. 15, f. 13 (Df).
Drassus campestratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 392, pl. 51, f. 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060361].
Prosthesima rufipes Thorell, 1875b: 82 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:028368].
Prosthesima rufipes Thorell, 1875c: 110 (Df).
Drassus dimidiatus Simon, 1878a: 153 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060362].
Drassus flavo-maculatus L. Koch, 1878b: 40, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:026894].
Prosthesima incompta Pavesi, 1880b: 350 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:027743].
Scotophaeus senilis Simon, 1893a: 371.
Poecilochroa campestrata Simon, 1893a: 372.
Poecilochroa subincompta Strand, 1908h: 66 (provisional name).
Poecilochroa dimidiata Simon, 1914: 185, 221, f. 347, 400 (mf).
Poecilochroa senilis Levy, 1999d: 431, f. 6-9 (mf, S of Poecilochroa campestrata and P. dimidiata).
Poecilochroa senilis Chatzaki, Thaler & Mylonas, 2002a: 569, f. 8-11 (mf, S of Drassodes flavomaculatus).
Poecilochroa senilis Seyyar, Topçu & Demir, 2006: 119, f. 5 (f).
Poecilochroa senilis Murphy, 2007: 50, f. 370-371 (mf).
Poecilochroa senilis Kovblyuk et al., 2008a: 46, f. 49 (m).
Poecilochroa senilis Kovblyuk & Tuneva, 2009: 157, f. 1-9 (mf).
Macarophaeus senilis Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).
Poecilochroa senilis Kovblyuk, Marusik & Omelko, 2013: 424, f. 1-3 (f, S of Zelotes rufipes).
Poecilochroa senilis Lecigne, 2016a: 114, f. 10H-J (f).
Poecilochroa senilis Ponomarev et al., 2017: 161, f. 2 (m).
Poecilochroa cf. senilis Ponomarev et al., 2018a: 248, f. 8-9 (f).
Poecilochroa senilis Alioua & Bosmans, 2020: 123, f. 2-4 (mf, S of Poecilochroa incompta).
Poecilochroa senilis Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 50, f. 26A-D (mf).
Poecilochroa senilis Seropian et al., 2024a: 98, f. 14-15 (m).

Drassus auspex Simon, 1878a: 154 (Dmf).
Poecilochroa dimidiata auspex Simon, 1914: 185, 221, f. 398 (m).

Poecilochroa taeguensis Paik, 1992a: 123, f. 22-31 (Df).
Poecilochroa taeguensis Jung et al., 2005: 192, f. 31, 72, 95 (f).
Poecilochroa taeguensis Kim & Lee, 2013: 127, f. 88A-B (f).

Poecilochroa tikaderi Patel, 1989: 328, f. 1a-e (Dmf).

Poecilochroa tridotus Caleb & Mathai, 2013: 2, f. 1a-f (Df).

Poecilochroa trifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1918a: 71 (Df).

Pythonissa variana C. L. Koch, 1839a: 65, f. 478 (Df).
Drassus varianus Westring, 1851: 48.
Melanophora variana Westring, 1861: 359 (Dm).
Gnaphosa variana Thorell, 1871a: 201.
Poecilochroa variana Westring, 1874: 44.
Drassus nigrofemoratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 385, pl. 51, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060373].
Poecilochroa variana Bösenberg, 1902: 318, pl. 30, f. 471 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Simon, 1914: 183, 221 (S of Drassus nigrofemoratus).
Poecilochroa variana Reimoser, 1937a: 38, f. 91-92 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Palmgren, 1943: 99, f. 106 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Tullgren, 1946: 129, f. 37, pl. 21, f. 272-274 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Azheganova, 1968: 99, f. 232, 236-237 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Tystshenko, 1971: 101, f. 195 (m).
Poecilochroa variana Miller, 1971: 95, pl. VIII, f. 23, pl. IX, f. 25 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Platnick & Shadab, 1981e: 4, f. 6-9 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Grimm, 1985: 167, f. 193-198 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 438, f. 1153 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Roberts, 1995: 118, f. (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Roberts, 1998: 124, f. (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Tuneva & Esyunin, 2002: 221, f. 20-24 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Almquist, 2007: 416, f. 359a-g (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Murphy, 2007: 46, f. 290-291 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024: 113, f. 9A-F (m).

Drassus viduatus Pavesi, 1883: 49 (Df).
Poecilochroa viduata Simon, 1893a: 372.

Poecilochroa vittata Kulczyński, 1911b: 480, pl. 21, f. 29 (Df).