''Coleosoma'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an England, English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and wor ...

in 1882.

Species

it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *''

Coleosoma africanum ''Coleosoma africanum'' is a species of spiders of the family Theridiidae that is endemic in Cape Verde , national_anthem = () , official_languages = Portuguese , national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole , capital ...

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Coleosoma blandum ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Eugen von Keyserling, Keyserling, ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 ( type) –

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*'' Coleosoma caliothripsum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' Coleosoma floridanum''

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Coleosoma matinikum ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *''C ...

'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *''

Coleosoma normale ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *'' ...

'' Bryant, 1944 – USA to Brazil *''

Coleosoma octomaculatum ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *'' ...

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Coleosoma pabilogum ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *'' ...

'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *''

Coleosoma pseudoblandum ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *'' ...

'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Formerly included: *''C. adamsoni'' (Berland, 1934) (Transferred to ''

Platnickina ''Platnickina'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008. Description As comb-footed spiders, ''Platnickina'' have two body segments (prosoma and opisthosoma) and eight legs. The tarsi of t ...

'') *''C. margaritum'' Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to '' Neottiura'') In

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: *''C. acrobeles'' = ''Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 *''C. albovittatum'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. aleipata'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. antheae'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. conurum'' = ''Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 *''C. delebile'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. flavipes'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 = ''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''C. floridanum'' = ''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''C. interruptum'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. nigripalpe'' = ''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) *''C. rapanae'' = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. saispotum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. semicinctum'' (Banks, 1914) = ''Coleosoma floridanum'' Banks, 1900 *''C. vituperabile'' = ''Coleosoma blandum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882

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Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Species

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