Chrysso

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Golden comb-footed spider
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Chrysso.pulcherrima.male.-.tanikawa.jpg
male C. pulcherrima
Chrysso.spiniventris.female.1.-.tanikawa.jpg
female C. spiniventris
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Chrysso
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 [1]
Type species
C. albomaculata
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
Species

64, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • Arctachaea Levi, 1957 [2]
  • ArgyroasterYaginuma, 1958 [2]

Chrysso is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. [3]

Contents

C. pulcherrima is pantropical, C. spiniventris has been introduced to Europe, and C. nordica occurs both in North America and in Asia from Hungary to Mongolia.

Description

Many species are strikingly colored, but like most theridiids, the coloration is variable. C. compressa has a striking black sternum and abdomen, but the venter of Brazilian species is black, while those of Peru are yellow. C. venusta has been observed to rapidly change its color when disturbed.

Females are about 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long, and have blade-like hairs on the tip of the abdomen.

Species

As of May 2020 it contains sixty-four species, mostly found in the Americas and Asia: [1]

Formerly included:

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  2. 1 2 Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 16.
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50 (3): 423–442. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. hdl:2027/coo.31924018443543.