Molione

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

Last updated January 27, 2026

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)

References

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

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Molione Thorell, 1893". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-26.

[Thor1892-2] Thorell, T. (1893). "Novae species aranearum a Cel. Th. Workman in ins. Singapore collectae". Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana. 24 (3): 209–252.

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