Chrysso

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Golden comb-footed spider
Temporal range: Template:Fossil range
Chrysso.pulcherrima.male.-.tanikawa.jpg
male C. pulcherrima
Chrysso.spiniventris.female.1.-.tanikawa.jpg
female C. spiniventris
Scientific classification e
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Chrysso]]
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882[1]
Type species
C. albomaculata
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882
Species

64, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Arctachaea Levi, 1957[2]
  • Argyroaster Yaginuma, 1958[2]

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

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[edit]

Many species are strikingly colored, but like most theridiids, the coloration is variable. C. compressahas 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[edit]

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

Formerly included:

  • C. acrobeles (Thorell, 1895) (Transferred to Coleosoma)
  • C. albipes (Saito, 1935) (Transferred to Chikunia)
  • C. argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) (Transferred to Meotipa)
  • C. conigerum (Simon, 1914) (Transferred to Achaeridion)
  • C. jianglensis Zhu & Song, 1993 (Transferred to Meotipa)
  • C. maronica Caporiacco, 1954 (Transferred to Cryptachaea)
  • C. octomaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to Coleosoma)
  • C. pentagona Caporiacco, 1954 (Transferred to Achaearanea)
  • C. picturata (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Meotipa)
  • C. rapula (Yaginuma, 1960) (Transferred to Chikunia)
  • C. shimenensis Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003 (Transferred to Thwaitesia)
  • C. sikkimensis (Tikader, 1970) (Transferred to Linyphia)
  • C. vesiculosa (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Meotipa)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 2.0 2.1 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.

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