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Date	Type	Reference	Taxon	Comment
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 - Nigeria
2026-03-12	Species updated	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele ogbunikia Smith, 1990 - Nigeria	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele maxima Gallon & Sherwood, 2026 - Tanzania
2026-03-12	New species inserted	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele maxima Gallon & Sherwood, 2026 - Tanzania
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea	(previous value)
2026-03-12	Type repository inserted	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele gabonensis (Lucas, 1858) - Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele longipalpis (Karsch, 1879) - Angola	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele longipalpis (Karsch, 1879) - Angola
2026-03-12	Species updated	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele longipalpis (Karsch, 1879) - Angola	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990 - Cameroon
2026-03-12	Species updated	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele hullwilliamsi Smith, 1990 - Cameroon	(previous value)
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 - Rep. Congo, DR Congo	(previous value)
2026-03-12	Taxonomic reference update	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 - Rep. Congo, DR Congo	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879 - Rep. Congo, DR Congo
2026-03-12	Species synonymy	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele affinis Laurent, 1946 - DR Congo	Junior synonym of Heterothele honesta Karsch, 1879
2026-03-12	Taxon is nomen dubium	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele decemnotata (Simon, 1891) - DR Congo	Taxon declared a nomen dubium
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele darcheni (Benoit, 1966) - Gabon
2026-03-12	Taxon is nomen dubium	Gallon & Sherwood, 2026a	Heterothele atropha Simon, 1907 - Gabon	Taxon declared a nomen dubium
2026-03-12	Reference included	Ichikawa, 2026
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Ichikawa, 2026	Coelotes ogatai Nishikawa, 2009 - Japan
2026-03-12	Type repository inserted	Nishikawa, 2009	Coelotes ogatai Nishikawa, 2009 - Japan
2026-03-12	Reference included	Yamasa & Suzuki, 2026
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Yamasa & Suzuki, 2026	Argiope ocula Fox, 1938 - China, Taiwan, Japan
2026-03-12	Reference included	Arai, 2026
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Arai, 2026	Orchestina sanguinea Oi, 1955 - Japan
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Arai, 2026	Orchestina flava Ono, 2005 - Korea, Japan (Ryukyu Is., Ogasawara Is.)
2026-03-12	Reference included	Suzuki, 2026a
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki, 2026a	Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) - USA, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, Indonesia (Sumatra), China, Korea, Japan, Pacific Is.
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki, 2026a	Yunohamella lyrica (Walckenaer, 1841) - China, Korea, Japan, North America
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Suzuki, 2026a	Yunohamella mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) - Korea, Japan
2026-03-12	Reference included	Sherwood et al., 2026b
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 - Macaronesia, Mediterranean to Egypt, India, Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to Canada, USA, Panama, Galapagos, Poland, St. Helena, Mauritius, Society Is.
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 - Macaronesia, Mediterranean to Egypt, India, Central Asia, China, Japan. Introduced to Canada, USA, Panama, Galapagos, Poland, St. Helena, Mauritius, Society Is.	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) - North Africa, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Middle East, India, China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to USA, Caribbean, Venezuela, Cape Verde, South Africa, Mauritius
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) - North Africa, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Middle East, India, China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to USA, Caribbean, Venezuela, Cape Verde, South Africa, Mauritius	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Scytodes velutina Heineken & Lowe, 1832 - Mediterranean, Cape Verde, Ascension, Seychelles, Mauritius
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Scytodes velutina Heineken & Lowe, 1832 - Mediterranean, Cape Verde, Ascension, Seychelles, Mauritius	(previous value)
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Plexippus paykulli (Audouin, 1826) - Africa. Introduced to both Americas, Europe, Mauritius, Middle East, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, southern Asia, Australia, Pacific Is.	(previous value)
2026-03-12	Type repository inserted	Wesołowska, 1986	Heliophanus mauricianus Simon, 1901 - Mauritius, Réunion
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826) - Africa, Middle East. Introduced to both Americas, St. Helena, Mauritius, Europe, India, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Pacific Is.	(previous value)
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858) - Africa. Introduced to the Caribbeen, South America, St. Helena, Europe, Seychelles, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, China, Taiwan, Laos, Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Pacific Is.	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Tibellus minor Lessert, 1919 - Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Somalia, Gabon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Mauritius
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Tibellus minor Lessert, 1919 - Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Somalia, Gabon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Mauritius	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Trochosa urbana O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 - North Africa, Ethiopia to Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Israel, Iraq
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Trochosa urbana O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 - North Africa, Ethiopia to Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Israel, Iraq	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Oedignatha scrobiculata Thorell, 1881 - India, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan. Introduced to Madagascar, Seychelles, Reunion, Japan (Ogasawara Is.)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Microbathyphantes palmarius (Marples, 1955) - Seychelles, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Polynesia
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Microbathyphantes palmarius (Marples, 1955) - Seychelles, Mauritius, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Polynesia	(previous value)
2026-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Micaria dives (Lucas, 1846) - Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan. Introcuded to Mauritius
2026-03-12	Species distribution update	Sherwood et al., 2026b	Micaria dives (Lucas, 1846) - Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Japan. Introcuded to Mauritius	(previous value)