Kochiura

Kochiura
Male Kochiura aulica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Kochiura Archer, 1950[1]
Type species
K. aulica (C. L. Koch, 1838)
Species
8, see text

Kochiura is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.[2]

Species

As of May 2020^[update] it contains eight species, found in Europe, Africa, Brazil, Chile, and Iran:[1]

• Kochiura attrita (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Juan Fernandez Is.
• Kochiura aulica (C. L. Koch, 1838) (type) – Cape Verde Is., Canary Is., North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran
• Kochiura casablanca (Levi, 1963) – Chile
• Kochiura decolorata (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
• Kochiura ocellata (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
• Kochiura olaup (Levi, 1963) – Brazil
• Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Juan Fernandez Is.
• Kochiura temuco (Levi, 1963) – Chile

Formerly included:

• K. episinoides (Levi, 1963) (Transferred to Chrosiothes)

In synonymy:

• K. bucculenta (Nicolet, 1849) = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. chiloensis = Kochiura ocellata (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. foliacea = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. gracilis (Keyserling, 1884) = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. levipes = Kochiura attrita (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. opima = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. rubicunda = Kochiura rosea (Nicolet, 1849)
• K. virgulata = Kochiura ocellata (Nicolet, 1849)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Kochiura Archer, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
2. Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 30: 1–40.