A male Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957 from Korea in the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 is described with measurements and morphological photos of the diagnostic characteristics. This species was collected with a sweep net around arable lands in a mountainous mixed forest during the investigation of spider fauna on Ulleungdo Island in 2019.

Many spiders belonging to Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 and Parasteatoda Archer, 1946 of Theridiidae were collected with sweep net between shrubs and bushes in the mountain forest during a survey of the mountain spider fauna. Among the spiders collected, male Enoplognatha gramineusa Zhu, 1998 and female Parasteatoda ryukyu (Yoshida 2000) were recognized as newly recorded spiders to Korean spider fauna. The present work describes these two spiders with measurements and morphological illustrations.

A new species of the genus Robertus Pickard-Cambridge, Robertus subtilis n. sp. is described from Mt. Odae in Gangwon Province, Korea. Theridion serpatusum Guan and Zhu, 1993 and Lathys annulata Bösenberg and Strand, 1906 are reported for the first time in Korea. Habitus photos and illustrations of these three species are provided.

호주산 독거미의 일종인 Red-Back Spider (Latrodectus hasselti)는 고온의 사막이나 저온의 산악지역을 제외하고 호주 전 지역에서 발견되는 거미로 뉴질랜드의 Katipo Spider나 미국의 Black Widow Spider와 같은 과에 속하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 호주에는 1속 1종이 보고된 바 있으며, 독거미 중에서는 가장 잘 알려져 있는 종이다. 이에 저자는 호주 채집여행을 하며 채집한 종들 중 Red-Back spider