Physcoa (spider)

Physcoa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Physcoa
Thorell, 1895[1]
Type species
P. scintillans
Thorell, 1895
Species

7, see text

Physcoa is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae.[2]

Distribution

The genus Physcoa is restricted to Asia, with six species endemic to China and one species, Physcoa scintillans, distributed across India, Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, and the Philippines.[2]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes seven species:[2]

  • Physcoa cyclocera (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Physcoa fanjingshan (Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006) – China
  • Physcoa oxycera (Zhu & Song, 1993) – China
  • Physcoa scintillans (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, Philippines
  • Physcoa trimaculata (Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991) – China, Taiwan, Thailand
  • Physcoa trispinula (Zhu, 1998) – China
  • Physcoa wenxianensis (Zhu, 1998) – China

References

  1. ^ Thorell, T. (1895). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492.
  2. ^ a b c "Gen. Physcoa Thorell, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-26.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.