Chrysso

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Golden comb-footed spider | image = Chrysso.pulcherrima.male.-.tanikawa.jpg | image_caption = male ''C. pulcherrima'' | image2 = Chrysso.spiniventris.female.1.-.tanikawa.jpg | image2_caption = female ''C. spiniventris'' | fossil_range = {{Fossil range| Neogene| Present}} | taxon = Chrysso | authority = O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882<ref name=NMBE /> | type_species = ''C. albomaculata'' | type_species_authority = O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 64, see text | synonyms = *''Arctachaea'' Levi, 1957<ref name=Levi1962>{{cite journal| last1=Levi| first1=H. W.| last2=Levi| first2=L. R.| year=1962| title=The genera of the spider family Theridiidae| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| volume=127| page=16}}</ref> *''Argyroaster'' Yaginuma, 1958<ref name=Levi1962 /> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=NMBE /> }} '''''Chrysso''''' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.<ref name=Pick1882>{{cite journal| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=O.| year=1882| title=On new genera and species of Araneidea| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=423–442| volume=50| issue=3| doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x| hdl=2027/coo.31924018443543| author-link=Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/partpdf/67444}}</ref>

''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 {{convert|9|mm}} long, and have blade-like hairs on the tip of the abdomen.

==Species== {{as of|2020|05}} it contains sixty-four species, mostly found in the Americas and Asia:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Chrysso O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-06-12| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3467| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}</ref> *''C. albomaculata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (type) – 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 *''C. bifurca'' Zhang & Zhang, 2012 – China *''C. bimaculata'' Yoshida, 1998 – China, Japan *''C. calima'' Buckup & Marques, 1992 – Brazil *''C. cambridgei'' (Petrunkevitch, 1911) – Mexico to Venezuela *''C. caudigera'' Yoshida, 1993 – China, Taiwan *''C. compressa'' (Keyserling, 1884) – Peru, Brazil *''C. cyclocera'' Zhu, 1998 – China *''C. dentaria'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *''C. diplosticha'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 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, Ecuador *''C. nigrosterna'' Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil *''C. nordica'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) – France, Hungary, Ukraine, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North America *''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, Panama, Trinidad *''C. rubrovittata'' (Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil, Argentina *''C. sasakii'' Yoshida, 2001 – Japan *''C. scintillans'' (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar, 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, 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'') *''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'')

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} * Guide to Common Singapore Spiders: [http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Chrysso.htm Pictures of spiders and their webs]

Category:Theridiidae genera Category:Pantropical spiders Category:Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Category:Theridiidae