Chrysilla Guineensis
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''Chrysilla guineensis'' is a species of jumping spider. It is endemic to
Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
. It was described in 2013 based on specimens collected from the Nimba Mountains.


Description

''Chrysilla guineensis'' is a medium-sized spider with elongated body. In the male, the prosoma (cephalothorax) measures and the opisthosoma (abdomen) measures . The carapace is oval, slightly flattened, and brown. The abdomen is elongated, narrower than carapace, and greyish brown with some yellowish patches. The first pair is light brown and longer and thicker than the other pairs, which are yellow. Females measure (prosoma) and (abdomen). The carapace is oval, light brown, and less hairy than in the male. The abdomen is ovoid and tapering (not elongated), and yellowish grey with darker spots, turning brownish posteriorly, or sometimes, brownish grey with traces of lighter spots. The legs are light yellow. ''Chrysilla guineensis'' is best distinguished from the other closely related species by the structure of genitalia.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q21308899 Salticidae Spiders of Africa Arthropods of Guinea Endemic fauna of Guinea Spiders described in 2013 Taxa named by Wanda Wesołowska