World Spider Catalog

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

Phycosoma linzhiense (Hu, 2001)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037513

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Described:

Distribution: China

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, China f - (Hu, 2001)
Allotype: Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, China m - (Hu, 2001)
Paratype: Shandong University (SDU), Jinan, China 4m 5f - (Hu, 2001)

Taxonomic References

Dipoena linzhiensis Hu, 2001: 560, 641, f. 377.1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Phycosoma linzhiense Liu et al., 2026b: 166 (T from Dipoena)

References

Hu, J. L. (2001). Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp. -- Show included taxa

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

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	Hu, 2001