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Genus: Loricatheridion Fang, Liu & Hu, 2026 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Loricatheridion taiwan (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007221

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Described:

Distribution: Taiwan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Tunghai University (THU), Taichung, Taiwan m (Ar-970012) - (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 1m - (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000)

Taxonomic References

Chrosiothes taiwan Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000: 127, f. 16-18 (Dm) Original description

Loricatheridion taiwan Fang, Liu & Hu, 2026: 146 (T from Chrosiothes)

References

Fang, Y. J., Liu, J. & Hu, C. H. (2026). A new genus of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Asia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5810(1): 143-156. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5810.1.6 [[Zoobank: B9CA9F57-66D1-4168-8A49-D97916941B2F]] -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H., Tso, I. M. & Severinghaus, L. L. (2000). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Orchid Island, Taiwan: descriptions of six new and one newly recorded species. Zoological Studies 39(2): 123-132. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-05-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Fang, Liu & Hu, 2026
2026-05-14	Species transferred to new genus	Fang, Liu & Hu, 2026		Species transferred from Chrosiothes Simon, 1894 to Loricatheridion Fang, Liu & Hu, 2026