Coleosoma

Coleosoma
	C. blandum, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Coleosoma; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
Type species
	C. blandum; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
Species
	10, see text

Coleosoma is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.

Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found all over the world.

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes ten species:

Coleosoma acutiventer (Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina
Coleosoma africanum Schmidt & Krause, 1995 – Cape Verde
Coleosoma blandum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 – Seychelles, India, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines, China, Japan. Introduced to Seychelles, Hawaii (type species)
Coleosoma caliothripsum Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900 – North, Central and South America. Introduced to Europe, Macaronesia, West Africa, Seychelles, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, China, Japan, Pacific Islands
Coleosoma matinikum Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
Coleosoma normale Bryant, 1944 – USA to Brazil
Coleosoma octomaculatum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan. Introduced to New Zealand
Coleosoma pabilogum Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
Coleosoma pseudoblandum Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines

Formerly included:

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

1 2 3 "Gen. Coleosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50 (3): 423–442.

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Coleosoma

C. blandum, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Coleosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
Type species
C. blandum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
Species
10, see text