Molione

Molione
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Molione Thorell, 1893[1]
Type species
M. triacantha Thorell, 1893
Species
6, see text

Molione is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1893.[2]

Species

As of May 2020^[update] it contains six species, all found in Asia:[1]

• Molione christae Yoshida, 2003 – Borneo
• Molione kinabalu Yoshida, 2003 – China, Borneo
• Molione lemboda Gao & Li, 2010 – China
• Molione triacantha Thorell, 1893 (type) – India, China, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
• Molione trispinosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873) – Sri Lanka
• Molione uniacantha Wunderlich, 1995 – Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

References

1. "Gen. Molione Thorell, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
2. Thorell, T. (1893). "Novae species aranearum a Cel. Th. Workman in ins. Singapore collectae". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 24 (3): 209–252.