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Genus: Phycosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Phycosoma gui (Zhu, 1998)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007392

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Described:

Distribution: China (Hainan)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China f - (Zhu, 1998)
Paratype: Museum of Hebei University (MHBU), Baoding, China 1m - (Zhu, 1998)

Taxonomic References

Dipoena gui Zhu, 1998: 228, 374, f. 148A-E (Dmf) Original description

Dipoena gui Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 54A-B, I-J (mf)

Phycosoma gui Liu et al., 2026b: 165 (T from Dipoena)

References

Liu, Y., Liang, Y., Yin, H. Q. & Xu, X. (2026b). New data on Phycosoma (Theridiidae, Hadrotarsinae) from China. Zootaxa 5796(1): 160-168. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5796.1.8 [[Zoobank: 0FFD4023-C33D-4F96-909A-6E4395C5C7C8]] -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- 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	Comment
2026-04-21	New taxonomic reference entry	Liu et al., 2026b
2026-04-21	Species transferred to new genus	Liu et al., 2026b	Species transferred from Dipoena Thorell, 1869 to Phycosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880
2026-04-20	Type repository inserted	Zhu, 1998