''Chrysso'' is a
genus of
comb-footed spiders that was first described by
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.
''C. pulcherrima'' is
pantropical, ''C. spiniventris'' has been introduced to
Europe, and ''C. nordica'' occurs both in
North America
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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 long, and have blade-like hairs on the tip of the
abdomen.
Species
it contains sixty-four species, mostly found in the
Americas
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Along with th ...
and
Asia:
*''
C. albomaculata''
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (
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) – USA, Caribbean to Brazil
*''
C. alecula''
Levi, 1962 –
Panama
*''
C. anei''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –
Philippines
*''
C. angula''
( Tikader, 1970) –
India
*''
C. antonio''
Levi, 1962 –
Brazil
*''
C. arima''
Levi, 1962 –
Trinidad
*''
C. arops''
Levi, 1962 – Brazil
*''
C. backstromi''
( Berland, 1924) –
Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.)
*''
C. barrosmachadoi''
Caporiacco, 1955 –
Venezuela
*''
C. bicuspidata''
Zhang & Zhang, 2012 –
China
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*''
C. bifurca''
Zhang & Zhang, 2012 – China
*''
C. bimaculata''
Yoshida, 1998 – China,
Japan
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*''
C. calima''
Buckup & Marques, 1992 – Brazil
*''
C. cambridgei''
( Petrunkevitch, 1911) – Mexico to Venezuela
*''
C. caudigera''
Yoshida, 1993 – China,
Taiwan
*''
C. compressa''
(Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk:
* Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist
* Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist
* Hermann ...
, 1884) – Peru, Brazil
*''Chrysso cyclocera, C. cyclocera''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''Chrysso dentaria, C. dentaria''
Gao & Li, 2014 – China
*''Chrysso diplosticha, C. diplosticha''
Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Chamberlin & Wilton Ivie, Ivie, 1936 – Panama to Peru
*''Chrysso ecuadorensis, C. ecuadorensis''
Levi, 1957 – Colombia to Bolivia
*''Chrysso fanjingshan, C. fanjingshan''
Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 – China
*''Chrysso foliata, C. foliata''
(Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, L. Koch, 1878) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan
*''Chrysso gounellei, C. gounellei''
Levi, 1962 – Brazil
*''Chrysso hejunhuai, C. hejunhuai''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
*''Chrysso huae, C. huae''
Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003 – China
*''Chrysso huanuco, C. huanuco''
Levi, 1957 – Peru
*''Chrysso hyoshidai, C. hyoshidai''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
*''Chrysso indicifera, C. indicifera''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama to Peru
*''Chrysso intervales, C. intervales''
Gonzaga, Leiner & Santos, 2006 – Brazil
*''Chrysso isumbo, C. isumbo''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
*''Chrysso lativentris, C. lativentris''
Yoshida, 1993 – China, Korea, Taiwan
*''Chrysso lingchuanensis, C. lingchuanensis''
Zhu & Zhang, 1992 – China
*''Chrysso longshanensis, C. longshanensis''
Yin, 2012 – China
*''Chrysso mariae, C. mariae''
Levi, 1957 – Peru
*''Chrysso melba, C. melba''
Levi, 1962 – Panama
*''Chrysso nigriceps, C. nigriceps''
Keyserling, 1884 – Colombia, Ecuador
*''Chrysso nigrosterna, C. nigrosterna''
Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
*''Chrysso nordica, C. nordica''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – France,
Hungary, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan,
Mongolia,
North America
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*''Chrysso orchis, C. orchis''
Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 – Taiwan
*''Chrysso oxycera, C. oxycera''
Zhu & Song, 1993 – China
*''Chrysso pelyx, C. pelyx''
(Levi, 1957) – USA
*''Chrysso pulchra, C. pulchra''
(Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
*''Chrysso questona, C. questona''
Levi, 1962 – Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad
*''Chrysso rubrovittata, C. rubrovittata''
(Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil, Argentina
*''Chrysso sasakii, C. sasakii''
Yoshida, 2001 – Japan
*''Chrysso scintillans, C. scintillans''
(Tamerlan Thorell, Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar, India, China, Korea, Japan, Philippines
*''Chrysso sicki, C. sicki''
Levi, 1957 – Brazil
*''Chrysso silva, C. silva''
Levi, 1962 – Panama
*''Chrysso simoni, C. simoni''
Levi, 1962 – Venezuela
*''Chrysso subrapula, C. subrapula''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''Chrysso sulcata, C. sulcata''
(Keyserling, 1884) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
*''Chrysso tiboli, C. tiboli''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
*''Chrysso trimaculata, C. trimaculata''
Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 – China, Taiwan, Thailand
*''Chrysso trispinula, C. trispinula''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''Chrysso urbasae, C. urbasae''
(Tikader, 1970) – India
*''Chrysso vallensis, C. vallensis''
Levi, 1957 – Panama
*''Chrysso vexabilis, C. vexabilis''
Keyserling, 1884 – Panama to Argentina
*''Chrysso viridiventris, C. viridiventris''
Yoshida, 1996 – Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''Chrysso vitra, C. vitra''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''Chrysso vittatula, C. vittatula''
(Carl Friedrich Roewer, Roewer, 1942) – Colombia to Bolivia
*''Chrysso volcanensis, C. volcanensis''
Levi, 1962 – Costa Rica, Panama
*''Chrysso wangi, C. wangi''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''Chrysso wenxianensis, C. wenxianensis''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''Chrysso yulingu, C. yulingu''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
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
* List of Theridiidae species
References
External links
* Guide to Common Singapore Spiders
Pictures of spiders and their webs
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2967436
Araneomorphae genera
Pantropical spiders
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Theridiidae