''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''
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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''
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* Hermann ...
, 1884) –
Peru, Brazil
*''
C. cyclocera''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
C. dentaria''
Gao & Li, 2014 – China
*''
C. diplosticha''
Chamberlin & Ivie
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, 1936 – Panama to Peru
*''
C. ecuadorensis''
Levi, 1957 – Colombia to Bolivia
*''
C. fanjingshan''
Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 – China
*''
C. foliata''
( L. Koch, 1878) –
Russia (Far East), China,
Korea, Japan
*''
C. gounellei''
Levi, 1962 – Brazil
*''
C. hejunhuai''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
*''
C. huae''
Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003 – China
*''
C. huanuco''
Levi, 1957 – Peru
*''
C. hyoshidai''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
*''
C. indicifera''
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – Panama to Peru
*''
C. intervales''
Gonzaga, Leiner & Santos, 2006 – Brazil
*''
C. isumbo''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
*''
C. lativentris''
Yoshida, 1993 – China, Korea, Taiwan
*''
C. lingchuanensis''
Zhu & Zhang, 1992 – China
*''
C. longshanensis''
Yin, 2012 – China
*''
C. mariae''
Levi, 1957 – Peru
*''
C. melba''
Levi, 1962 – Panama
*''
C. nigriceps''
Keyserling, 1884 –
Colombia
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,
Ecuador
*''
C. nigrosterna''
Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
*''
C. nordica''
(Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) –
France,
Hungary,
Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Far East),
Kazakhstan,
Mongolia,
North America
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*''
C. orchis''
Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 – Taiwan
*''
C. oxycera''
Zhu & Song, 1993 – China
*''
C. pelyx''
(Levi, 1957) – USA
*''
C. pulchra''
(Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
*''
C. questona''
Levi, 1962 –
Costa Rica
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, Panama, Trinidad
*''
C. rubrovittata''
(Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil,
Argentina
*''
C. sasakii''
Yoshida, 2001 – Japan
*''
C. scintillans''
( Thorell, 1895) –
Myanmar
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, India, China, Korea, Japan, Philippines
*''
C. sicki''
Levi, 1957 – Brazil
*''
C. silva''
Levi, 1962 – Panama
*''
C. simoni''
Levi, 1962 – Venezuela
*''
C. subrapula''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
C. sulcata''
(Keyserling, 1884) – Peru,
Bolivia
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, Brazil
*''
C. tiboli''
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
*''
C. trimaculata''
Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 – China, Taiwan,
Thailand
*''
C. trispinula''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
C. urbasae''
(Tikader, 1970) – India
*''
C. vallensis''
Levi, 1957 – Panama
*''
C. vexabilis''
Keyserling, 1884 – Panama to Argentina
*''
C. viridiventris''
Yoshida, 1996 – Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Is.)
*''
C. vitra''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
C. vittatula''
( Roewer, 1942) – Colombia to Bolivia
*''
C. volcanensis''
Levi, 1962 – Costa Rica, Panama
*''
C. wangi''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
C. wenxianensis''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
C. yulingu''
Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China
Formerly included:
*''C. acrobeles''
(Thorell, 1895) (Transferred to ''
Coleosoma
''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.
Species
it contains ten species, found all over the world:
*'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina
*''C ...
'')
*''C. albipes''
(Saito, 1935) (Transferred to ''
Chikunia'')
*''C. argyrodiformis''
(Yaginuma, 1952) (Transferred to ''
Meotipa
''Meotipa'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.
Species
it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and on the Pacific Islands:
*'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977 ...
'')
*''C. conigerum''
(Simon, 1914) (Transferred to ''
Achaeridion
''Achaeridion'' is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, ''Achaeridion conigerum''. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008, and is found in Europe.
See also
* List of Theridiidae species
This page l ...
'')
*''C. jianglensis''
Zhu & Song, 1993 (Transferred to ''Meotipa'')
*''C. maronica''
Caporiacco, 1954 (Transferred to ''
Cryptachaea
''Cryptachaea'' is a genus of spiders in the Theridiidae (tangle web spider) family.
Taxonomy
Many species in this genus used to reside in ''Achaearanea'', which received a major revision in 2008.Platnick 2009 The genus was originally establish ...
'')
*''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
''Thwaitesia'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881.
''T. affinis'' females are long, and males are long. ''T. bracteata'' are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to m ...
'')
*''C. sikkimensis''
(Tikader, 1970) (Transferred to ''
Linyphia
''Linyphia'' is a genus of dwarf spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804. The name is Greek, and means "thread-weaver" or "linen maker".
Species
it contains seventy-eight species, found in Albania, Algeria, Argent ...
'')
*''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
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Araneomorphae genera
Pantropical spiders
Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Theridiidae