type Pythonissa variana C. L. Koch, 1839; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Sergiolus Simon, 1891 by Ubick & Roth, 1973: 5, but not by Platnick & Shadab, 1981e: 4; not a senior synonym of Kishidaia Yaginuma, 1960 (Kamura, 2001b: 194, contra Paik, 1992a: 118).

Transferred to other genera:
Poecilochroa abjecta Chamberlin, 1936 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa albimaculata (Saito, 1934) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa amphiloga (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Gertschosa
Poecilochroa angusta (Banks, 1904) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa antineae Fage, 1929 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa atomistica (Chamberlin, 1924) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa bebia (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa bellior (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa bicolor (Banks, 1900) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa campestrata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa capulata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa cingulata (Roewer, 1933) -- see Gertschosa
Poecilochroa clara (Chamberlin, 1936) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa clericus (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa columbiana Emerton, 1917 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa concinna Simon, 1895 -- see Gertschosa
Poecilochroa conspicua (L. Koch, 1866) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa conspicua concolor (Caporiacco, 1951) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa convictrix Simon, 1909 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa coreana Paik, 1992) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa cyaneiventris (Simon, 1893) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa decorata (Kaston, 1945) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa dimidiata (Simon, 1878) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa famula (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa flavomaculata (L. Koch, 1878) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa fruitana (Chamberlin, 1928) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa furcata Simon, 1914 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa golan Levy, 1999 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa hamipalpis (Kroneberg, 1875) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa hosiziro Yaginuma, 1960 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa hungarica Kolosváry, 1934 -- see Aphantaulax
Poecilochroa ilkerakkusi Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa incompta (Pavesi, 1880) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa inconspicua Bryant, 1948 -- see Gnaphosa
Poecilochroa jodhpurensis (Gajbe, 1993) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa josephus Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1940 -- see Cesonia
Poecilochroa lesserti (Schenkel, 1950) -- see Herpyllus
Poecilochroa lesserti Denis, 1947 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa lowelli (Chamberlin & Woodbury, 1929) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa meretrix (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa minuta Banks, 1898 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa monodi Fage, 1929 -- see Odontodrassus
Poecilochroa montana Emerton, 1890 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa montanoides Schenkel, 1950 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa ocellata (Walckenaer, 1837) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa ochridana Drensky, 1929 -- see Callilepis
Poecilochroa otonensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 -- see Castianeira
Poecilochroa pacifica Banks, 1896 -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa perversa Simon, 1914 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa poonaensis (Tikader, 1982) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa pugnax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa quadrimaculata (Yaginuma, 1960) -- see Kishidaia
Poecilochroa rufipes (Thorell, 1875) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa sabulum (Wunderlich, 2011) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa sedula (Simon, 1897) -- see Xizangiana
Poecilochroa senilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa senilis auspex (Simon, 1878) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa sockniensis (Karsch, 1881) -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa stella (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa subincompta Strand, 1908 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa taborensis Levy, 1999 -- see Trichothyse
Poecilochroa tennesseensis (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa tescorum Simon, 1914 -- see Sernokorba
Poecilochroa tribolus (Chamberlin, 1922) -- see Sergiolus
Poecilochroa unifascigera (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Hitobia
Poecilochroa unimaculata (Emerton, 1915) -- see Sergiolus

In synonymy:
Poecilochroa nigrofemorata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874, T from Drassus) = Poecilochroa variana (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Simon, 1914: 221).
Poecilochroa picta Simon, 1878 = Poecilochroa albomaculata (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1914: 221).
Poecilochroa pulchra (Thorell, 1875, T from Prosthesima) = Poecilochroa albomaculata (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1914: 221).

Homonym replaced:
Poecilochroa bicolor (Costa, 1834) -- see Poecilochroa phyllobia (see Thorell, 1871a)

Nomen dubium:
Poecilochroa malagassa Strand, 1907d: 727, Strand, 1907o: 19 (m, Madagascar) -- Nentwig et al., 2020: 24.

Drassus albomaculatus Lucas, 1846: 224, pl. 13, f. 8 (Df).
Macaria albomaculata Simon, 1864: 113.
Prosthesima pulchra Thorell, 1875c: 111 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060370].
Poecilochroa picta Simon, 1878a: 160, pl. 14, f. 2 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060371].
Poecilochroa albomaculata Simon, 1914: 183, 221 (m, S of Poecilochroa picta and Prosthesima pulchra).
Poecilochroa albomaculata Grimm, 1985: 163, f. 184-189 (f).
Poecilochroa albomaculata Di Franco, 1987: 148, f. 9-10 (m).

Poecilochroa alcala Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 190, f. 109a-h (Df).

Xerophaeus anomalus Hewitt, 1915b: 98, f. 6 (Df).
Poecilochroa anomala Tucker, 1923: 381, pl. 10, f. 81 (f).
Poecilochroa anomala Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 42, 6 f. (f).

Poecilochroa barmani Tikader, 1982b: 451, f. 354-358 (f).
Poecilochroa barmani Gajbe, 2007: 477, f. 157-161 (f).

Poecilochroa behnii Thorell, 1891: 19 (Df).

Poecilochroa bifasciata Banks, 1902c: 57, pl. 1, f. 4 (Dm).
Poecilochroa bifaciata Baert et al., 2023: 10, f. 31A-C (mf, lapsus, on p. 67 at f. 31 spelling correct).

Poecilochroa capensis Strand, 1909g: 552 (Dj).
Poecilochroa capensis Tucker, 1923: 380 (Df).

Poecilochroa carinata Caporiacco, 1947c: 186, pl. 2, f. 38 (Df).

Poecilochroa dayamibrookiana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 187, f. 107a-j (Dmf).

Poecilochroa devendrai Gajbe & Rane, 1985: 117, f. 1-5 (Df).

Poecilochroa exoculata Lissner, in Lissner, Suárez & López, 2024: 1019, f. 3, 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-C, 7A-F, 9A-D (Df).

Poecilochroa faradjensis Lessert, 1929: 103, f. 1 (Df).

Poecilochroa haplostylus Simon, 1907d: 235 (Dm).

Poecilochroa insularis Kulczyński, 1911b: 478, pl. 21, f. 28 (Df).

Poecilochroa involuta Tucker, 1923: 382, pl. 10, f. 82 (Df).
Poecilochroa involuta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021C: 44, 4 f. (f, undescribed m).

Poecilochroa joreungensis Paik, 1992a: 121, f. 12-21 (Df).
Poecilochroa joreungensis Jung et al., 2005: 191, f. 30, 71, 94 (f).
Poecilochroa joreungensis Kim & Lee, 2013: 126, f. 87A-B (f).

Sergiolus khodiarae Patel, 1988d: 44, f. 1a-d (Df).
Poecilochroa khodiar Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2021b: 2854 (T from Sergiolus).

Scopodes kuljitae Tikader, 1982b: 367, f. 170-174 (Df).
Poecilochroa kuljitae Sankaran, Caleb & Sebastian, 2019b: 156, f. 1-4 (f, T from Scopoides).

Poecilochroa latefasciata Simon, 1893e: 309 (Dj).

Poecilochroa parangunifasciata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 191, f. 110a-i, 111a-e (Df).

Drassus patricius Simon, 1878a: 156 (Df).
Poecilochroa patricia Simon, 1914: 185, 221, f. 399 (f).
Macarophaeus patricia Wunderlich, 2011: 46 (possible member of this genus).

Poecilochroa pauciaculeis Caporiacco, 1947c: 187 (Dj).
Poecilochroa pauciaculeis Sherwood, 2024b: 207 (immature, species inquirenda).

Drassus bicolor Costa, 1834: 64 (D; preoccupied by Hahn, 1833, see Gnaphosa bicolor) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060372].
Gnaphosa phyllobia Thorell, 1871a: 201 (replacement name).
Poecilochroa bicolor Reimoser, 1919: 172.
Poecilochroa phyllobia Roewer, 1955c: 430.

Poecilochroa rollini Berland, 1933b: 46, f. 7-12 (Df).
Poecilochroa rollini Dierkens & Ramage, 2016: 141, f. 17-18 (f).

Poecilochroa taeguensis Paik, 1992a: 123, f. 22-31 (Df).
Poecilochroa taeguensis Jung et al., 2005: 192, f. 31, 72, 95 (f).
Poecilochroa taeguensis Kim & Lee, 2013: 127, f. 88A-B (f).

Poecilochroa tikaderi Patel, 1989: 328, f. 1a-e (Dmf).

Poecilochroa tridotus Caleb & Mathai, 2013: 2, f. 1a-f (Df).

Poecilochroa trifasciata Mello-Leitão, 1918a: 71 (Df).

Pythonissa variana C. L. Koch, 1839a: 65, f. 478 (Df).
Drassus varianus Westring, 1851: 48.
Melanophora variana Westring, 1861: 359 (Dm).
Gnaphosa variana Thorell, 1871a: 201.
Poecilochroa variana Westring, 1874: 44.
Drassus nigrofemoratus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874a: 385, pl. 51, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060373].
Poecilochroa variana Bösenberg, 1902: 318, pl. 30, f. 471 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Simon, 1914: 183, 221 (S of Drassus nigrofemoratus).
Poecilochroa variana Reimoser, 1937a: 38, f. 91-92 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Palmgren, 1943: 99, f. 106 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Tullgren, 1946: 129, f. 37, pl. 21, f. 272-274 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Azheganova, 1968: 99, f. 232, 236-237 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Tystshenko, 1971: 101, f. 195 (m).
Poecilochroa variana Miller, 1971: 95, pl. VIII, f. 23, pl. IX, f. 25 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Platnick & Shadab, 1981e: 4, f. 6-9 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Grimm, 1985: 167, f. 193-198 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 438, f. 1153 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Roberts, 1995: 118, f. (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Roberts, 1998: 124, f. (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Tuneva & Esyunin, 2002: 221, f. 20-24 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Almquist, 2007: 416, f. 359a-g (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Murphy, 2007: 46, f. 290-291 (mf).
Poecilochroa variana Coşar, Danışman & Marusik, 2024: 113, f. 9A-F (m).

Drassus viduatus Pavesi, 1883: 49 (Df).
Poecilochroa viduata Simon, 1893a: 372.

Poecilochroa vittata Kulczyński, 1911b: 480, pl. 21, f. 29 (Df).