Chrysilla

Chrysilla
Chrysilla sp. in Kerala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Chrysilla
Thorell, 1887[1]
Type species
Chrysilla lauta
Thorell, 1887[1]
Species

See text.

Diversity
10 species

Chrysilla is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Some species formerly placed as Chrysella have been transferred to Phintella and vice versa.[1] Females are 3–4 mm long, males 4–9 mm.[2]

The genus is named after Χρύσιλλα, according to Thorell a Persian name.[3]

Species

As of March 2017, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Chrysilla Thorell, 1887". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  2. Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society.
  3. Thorell, Tamerlan (1892). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani". IV, 2. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova 31: 1-490. p. 315.
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