In synonymy:
Machomenus Marx, 1893 = Runcinia Simon, 1875 (Lessert, 1919: 191)

type Thomisus lateralis C. L. Koch, 1837 (preoccupied); gender feminine; syn. of Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837)

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Machomenus Marx, 1893: 589 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01893] (type M. albidus Marx, 1893) by Lessert, 1919: 191.

Transferred to other genera:
Runcinia elongata (Stoliczka, 1869) -- see Thomisus
Runcinia plana Simon, 1895 -- see Uraarachne

In synonymy:
Runcinia advecticia (Simon, 1909, T from Plancinus) = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Lehtinen, 2004: 175, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia affinis Simon, 1897 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Szymkowiak, 2014: 450).
Runcinia albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Lehtinen, 2004: 175, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia annamita Simon, 1903 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Lehtinen, 2004: 175, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia cataracta Lawrence, 1927 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 317, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia cerina (C. L. Koch, 1845) = Runcinia grammica (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Benoit, 1977f: 82).
Runcinia chauhani Sen & Basu, 1972 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Lehtinen, 2004: 176, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia cherapunjea (Tikader, 1966, T from Thomisus) = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Lehtinen, 2004: 176, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia littorina Lawrence, 1942 = Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881) (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 307).
Runcinia proxima Lessert, 1919 = Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881) (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 307).
Runcinia proxima voltaensis Millot, 1942 = Runcinia flavida (Simon, 1881) (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 307).
Runcinia sangasanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = Runcinia insecta (L. Koch, 1875) (Lehtinen, 2004: 176, sub R. affinis).
Runcinia sjostedti Lessert, 1919 = Runcinia johnstoni Lessert, 1919 (Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 310).

Nomina dubia:
Runcinia longipes Strand, 1906b: 625 (j, Ethiopia) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 27.
Runcinia oculifrons Strand, 1907d: 734, Strand, 1907o: 79 (m, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 27.

Misumena elongata L. Koch, 1874a: 529, pl. 40, f. 5 (Df, preoccupied in Runcinia).
Pistius acuminatus Thorell, 1881: 333 (N.B.: may be a junior S of R. insecta (L. Koch, 1875), per Lehtinen, 2004: 175).
Runcinia elongata Simon, 1909e: 141.
Runcinia acuminata Chrysanthus, 1964: 99, f. 51-54 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Hu, 1984: 334, f. 350 (f, misidentified).
Runcinia acuminata Ono, 1988c: 190, f. 193-198 (f, Dm).
Runcinia acuminata Chikuni, 1989b: 139, f. 9 (mf).
Runcinia acuminata Okuma et al., 1993: 67, f. 57 (f).
Runcinia acuminata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 225, f. 130a-h (mf).
Runcinia acuminata Song & Zhu, 1997: 160, f. 112A-F (mf).
Runcinia acuminata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 485, f. 281G, N (mf).
Runcinia acuminata Lehtinen, 2004: 175, f. 23, 55, 66 (mf).
Runcinia acuminata Ono, 2009a: 528, f. 316-320 (mf).
Runcinia acuminata Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 453, f. 325A-F (mf).

Runciniopsis aethiops Simon, 1901d: 21 (Dmf).
Runcinia aethiops Strand, 1907h: 110.
Runciniopsis aethiops Lessert, 1915a: 39, pl. 2, f. 40 (m).
Runciniopsis aethiops Lessert, 1919: 126, pl. 2, f. 2, 10 (f).
Runcinia aethiops Jézéquel, 1964c: 1122, f. 23-24 (mf).
Runcinia aethiops Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 320, f. 29-34 (mf).
Runcinia aethiops Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 46, f. 29a-d (mf).
Runcinia aethiops Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 216, f. 639-641 (mf).
Runcinia aethiops Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 50, 49: 1 f., 50: 5 f., 51: 3 f. (mf).

Machomenus albidus Marx, 1893: 589, pl. 70, f. 4a-c (D jm jf).
Runcinia albida Lessert, 1919: 191 (T from Machomenus).

Runciniopsis bifrons Simon, 1895b: 437 (Df).
Runcinia bifrons Simon, 1909e: 141.

Runcinia carae Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 41, f. 24a-e (Dmf).
Runcinia carae Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 214, f. 629-631 (mf).

Runcinia caudata Schenkel, 1963: 195, f. 112a-d (Df).

Runcinia depressa Simon, 1906a: 1166 (Df).
Runcinia depressa Lessert, 1919: 123, pl. 2, f. 24, 36 (f).
Runcinia depressa Lessert, 1936: 259, f. 53 (Dm).
Runcinia depressa Millot, 1942: 39, f. 18A-D (mf).
Runcinia depressa Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 314, f. 19-25 (mf).
Runcinia depressa Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 44, f. 26a-e (mf).
Runcinia depressa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 52, 49: 1 f., 52: 5 f. (mf).

Runcinia disticta Thorell, 1891: 93 (Df).

Runcinia dubia Caporiacco, 1940b: 300 (Dj).

Runcinia erythrina Jézéquel, 1964c: 1123, f. 25 (Df).
Runcinia erythrina Blandin, 1972: 1281, f. 1-5 (holotype f is juvenile, Dmf).
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 312, f. 13-18 (mf).
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 43, f. 25a-d (mf).
Runcinia erythrina Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 53, 49: 1 f., 53: 5 f., 54: 4 f. (mf).

Runcinia escheri Reimoser, 1934b: 487, f. 11 (Df).
Runcinia escheri Tikader, 1971a: 26, f. 22A-C (f).
Runcinia escheri Tikader, 1980a: 59, f. 86-88 (f).

Runciniopsis flavida Simon, 1881e: 1 (Df).
Runciniopsis flavida Simon, 1895a: 1023, f. 1078.
Runcinia proxima Lessert, 1919: 129, pl. 2, f. 35, 41 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058060].
Runcinia flavida Lessert, 1919: 191.
Runcinia proxima Millot, 1942: 41, f. 19A-E (f).
Runcinia proxima voltaensis Millot, 1942: 43, f. 19F-H (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058061].
Runcinia littorina Lawrence, 1942: 157, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058059].
Runcinia proxima Lessert, 1943: 329, f. 30 (f, Dm).
Runcinia flavida Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 307, f. 2-7 (mf, S of Runcinia littorina, R. proxima and R. proxima voltaensis).
Runcinia flavida Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 39, f. 22b-d (mf).
Runcinia flavida Calero Torralbo & Rodríguez-Gironés Arbolí, 2012: 313, f. 1A, D-E (m).
Runcinia flavida Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 55, 49: 2 f., 55: 4 f., 56: 2 f. (mf).

Runcinia ghorpadei Tikader, 1980a: 64, f. 94-95 (Df).

Thomisus lateralis C. L. Koch, 1837a: 43, f. 277 (Df; preoccupied by Hahn, 1831, see Xysticus audax).
Xysticus grammicus C. L. Koch, 1837a: 57, f. 285 (Df).
Xysticus grammicus C. L. Koch, 1837b: 26 (D).
Thomisus cerinus C. L. Koch, 1845: 60, f. 996 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058058].
Thomisus amoenus Blackwall, 1870a: 415, pl. 16, f. 7 (Df).
Xysticus grammicus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873e: 223 (Dm).
Runcinia lateralis Simon, 1875a: 255 (Dm).
Thomisus lateralis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 580.
Misumena lateralis Pavesi, 1878: 383.
Thomisus cerinus Herman, 1879: 247, 373.
Runcinia lateralis Bösenberg, 1902: 369, pl. 34, f. 543 (mf).
Runcinia lateralis Simon, 1932: 789, 869, f. 1152-1153 (mf).
Runcinia grammica Simon, 1932: 869.
Runcinia cerina Roewer, 1955c: 853 (T from Thomisus).
Runcinia lateralis Levy, 1973: 132, f. 53-56 (mf).
Runcinia grammica Benoit, 1977f: 82 (S of Runcinia cerina).
Runcinia lateralis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 323, f. 35-37 (f).
Runcinia lateralis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 48, f. 30a-b (f).
Runcinia lateralis Levy, 1985b: 45, f. 57-60 (mf).
Runcinia lateralis Izmailova, 1989: 133, f. 125 (f).
Runcinia lateralis Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 476, f. 1252 (mf).
Runcinia lateralis Hansen, 1991: 14, f. 13 (f).
Runcinia lateralis Baldacchino et al., 1993: 49, f. 6f (m).
Runcinia grammica Roberts, 1995: 155, f. (mf).
Runcinia lateralis Song & Zhu, 1997: 163, f. 114A-D (mf).
Runcinia grammica Roberts, 1998: 164, f. (mf).
Runcinia lateralis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 485, f. 281I, O (mf).
Runcinia lateralis Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 214, f. 637-638 (f).
Runcinia lateralis Ono & Martens, 2005: 121, f. 75-77 (m),.
Runcinia grammica Trotta, 2005: 177, f. 494-495 (mf).
Runcinia grammica Calero Torralbo & Rodríguez-Gironés Arbolí, 2012: 313, f. 1B-C, F (m).
Runcinia grammica El-Hennawy, 2014a: 36, f. 15-18 (m).
Runcinia grammica Kiany et al., 2017: 3, f. 4a-d (m).
Runcinia grammica Grismado & Achitte-Schmutzler, 2020: 93, f. 6a-h, 7a-i, 8a-j (mf).
Runcinia grammica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 57, 4 f. (mf).

Diaea insecta L. Koch, 1875a: 579, pl. 45, f. 1 (Dm).
Runcinia affinis Simon, 1897i: 292 (Df; N.B.: may be a junior S of R. spinulosa, per Marusik, 1993b: 465 and Lehtinen, 2004: 176) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031050].
Runcinia annamita Simon, 1903g: 728 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031053].
Runcinia albostriata Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 252, pl. 10, f. 162 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031052].
Plancinus advecticius Simon, 1909e: 140 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031007].
Runcinia cataracta Lawrence, 1927: 36, pl. 1, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058057].
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1966g: 53, f. 1a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031430].
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1968b: 104, f. 13-14 (f).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1971a: 24, f. 8K-L (f).
Runcinia chauhani Sen & Basu, 1973: 103, f. 1A-B (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031057].
Runcinia albostriata Song, 1980: 196, f. 110a-e (mf).
Runcinia chauhani Tikader, 1980a: 60, f. 89-90 (f).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader, 1980a: 54, f. 82-83 (f).
Runcinia affinis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 317, f. 38-42 (mf, S of Runcinia cataracta).
Runcinia albostriata Wang, 1981: 127, f. 68A-C (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 78, f. 139-140 (f).
Runcinia affinis Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 46, f. 28a-c (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Guo, 1985: 167, f. 2-94.1-3 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Yaginuma, 1986a: 210, f. 116.4 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Song, 1987: 267, f. 223 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Zhang, 1987: 219, f. 191.1-3 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Ono, 1988c: 186, f. 187-192 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Feng, 1990: 184, f. 159.1-3 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Chen & Gao, 1990: 170, f. 216a-b (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Chen & Zhang, 1991: 266, f. 278.1-4 (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Okuma et al., 1993: 65, f. 55 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Zhao, 1993: 371, f. 182a-b (f).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 291, f. 1462-1463 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 291, f. 1469-1470 (f).
Runcinia sangasanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 221, f. 127a-h (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031074].
Runcinia albostriata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 224, f. 128a-e, 129a-e (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Zhao, 1995: 1088, f. 523a-b (f).
Runcinia albostriata Song & Zhu, 1997: 161, f. 113A-F (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 485, f. 275I, 281H (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Kim & Gwon, 2001: 41, f. 58-63 (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Sunil Jose & Sebastian, 2001b: 184, f. 2A-B (f).
Runcinia albostriata Namkung, 2002: 540, f. 42.23a-b (mf).
Runcinia albostriata Kim & Cho, 2002: 155, f. 295-300 (f).
Runcinia albostriata Namkung, 2003: 543, f. 42.23a-b (mf).
Runcinia affinis Lehtinen, 2004: 175 (S of Plancinus advecticius, Runcinia albostriata, R. annamita, R. chauhani, R. sangasanga and Thomisus cherapunjea).
Runcinia affinis Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 214, f. 634-636 (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjeus Gajbe, 2007: 440, f. 40-41 (f).
Runcinia affinis Ono, 2009a: 528, f. 311-315 (mf).
Runcinia affinis Yin et al., 2012: 1293, f. 696a-e (mf).
Runcinia affinis Kim & Lee, 2012a: 40, f. 16A-E (mf).
Runcinia insecta Szymkowiak, 2014: 450, f. 71A-D, 72A-B (mf, T from Diaea, S of Runcinia affinis).
Runcinia insecta Caleb, 2020b: 15748, f. 23C-F, 31B (f).
Runcinia insecta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 58, 58: 4 f., 59: 2 f. (mf).
Thomisus cherapunjius Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2024: 167, f. 2a-f, 3b (mf, lapsus).

Runcinia johnstoni Lessert, 1919: 127, f. 11-12 , pl. 2, f. 32, 40 (Dm).
Runcinia sjöstedti Lessert, 1919: 131, f. 13, pl. 2, f. 39 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058062].
Runcinia sjoestedti Jézéquel, 1964c: 1124, f. 26-27 (mf).
Runcinia johnstoni Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 310, f. 8-12 (mf, S of Runcinia sjostedti).
Runcinia johnstoni Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 41, f. 23a-c (mf).
Runcinia johnstoni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 60, 5 f. (mf).

Runcinia khandari Gajbe, 2004d: 109, f. 133-134 (Dm).

Runcinia kinbergi Thorell, 1891: 94 (Df).
Runcinia kinbergi Thorell, 1895b: 294 (Dm).

Runcinia manicata Thorell, 1895b: 294 (Dm).

Runcinia multilineata Roewer, 1961b: 72, f. 26a-d (Df).

Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1965a: 277, f. 1a-c (Df).
Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1968b: 105, f. 42-44 (f).
Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1971a: 26, f. 9A-C (f).
Runcinia roonwali Tikader, 1980a: 62, f. 91-93 (f).
Runcinia roortwali Barrion & Litsinger, 1994: 291, f. 1473-1474 (f, lapsus).

Runcinia sitadongri Gajbe, 2004a: 124, f. 1-3 (Df).

Runcinia soëensis Schenkel, 1944: 187, f. 8 (Df).

Diaea spinulosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b: 61 (Dm).
Runcinia spinulosa Marusik, 1993b: 465, f. 25-26 (m, T from Diaea).

Runcinia tarabayevi Marusik & Logunov, 1990: 33, f. 1-5 (Dm).
Runcinia tarabayevi Lehtinen, 2004: 175, f. 4, 46 (m).
Runcinia tarabayevi Zamani et al., 2019b: 242, f. 1E-G (m).
Runcinia tarabayevi Nuruyeva & Snegovaya, 2024a: 103, f. 4-7 (m).

Runcinia affinis tropica Simon, 1907d: 316 (Dmf).
Runcinia affinis tropica Lessert, 1915a: 37, pl. 2, f. 31-32 (m).
Runcinia affinis tropica Lessert, 1919: 124, pl. 2, f. 18 (mf).
Runcinia tropica Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1980a: 316, f. 26-28 (f, elevated from subspecies).
Runcinia tropica Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1983: 45, f. 27a-b (f).
Runcinia tropica Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020v: 61, 5 f. (mf).

Runcinia yogeshi Gajbe & Gajbe, 2000e: 155, f. 1-3 (Df).
Runcinia yogeshi Gajbe, 2004d: 111, f. 135-137 (f).