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World Spider Catalog Version 25.5

Currently 52'756 accepted species included

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Citation: World Spider Catalog (2025). World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, accessed on {date of access}. doi: 10.24436/2

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Last updates

Taxon (Show all)

2025-02-08 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Cheiracanthium iranicum Esyunin & Zamani, 2020
2025-02-08 Species distribution update - Ref
Cheiracanthium iranicum Esyunin & Zamani, 2020
2025-02-08 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Thalerommata gracilis Ausserer, 1875
2025-02-08 Species synonymy - Ref
Thalerommata gracilis Ausserer, 1875
Thalerommata macella synonymized with Thalerommata gracilis
2025-02-08 Species updated - Ref
Thalerommata macella (Simon, 1903)
Status: Synonym
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Dolichognatha sumatrana Fomichev & Omelko, 2025
2025-02-07 New species inserted - Ref
Dolichognatha sumatrana Fomichev & Omelko, 2025
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Cyclosa oculata (Walckenaer, 1802)
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Cyclosa sedeculata Karsch, 1879
2025-02-07 Species distribution update - Ref
Cyclosa sedeculata Karsch, 1879
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Cyclosa onoi Tanikawa, 1992
2025-02-07 Species distribution update - Ref
Cyclosa onoi Tanikawa, 1992
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Cyclosa ginnaga Yaginuma, 1959
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998)
2025-02-07 Species transferred to new genus - Ref
Vacrothele taiwanensis (Shimojana & Haupt, 1998)
Species transferred from Macrothele to Vacrothele
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021)
2025-02-07 Species transferred to new genus - Ref
Vacrothele emei (Lin & Li, 2021)
Species transferred from Macrothele to Vacrothele
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Vacrothele baiseensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Vacrothele jiangkouensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025
2025-02-07 New taxonomic reference entry - Ref
Vacrothele fuyuanensis Zheng, Zhao & Yang, 2025