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.

Species , 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. adamsoni (Berland, 1934) (Transferred to Platnickina) C. margaritum Yoshida, 1985 (Transferred to Neottiura)

In synonymy: 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

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