| Chrysilla | |
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| Chrysilla sp. in Kerala | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysillini |
| Genus: | Chrysilla Thorell, 18871 |
| Type species | |
| C. lauta Thorell, 1887
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Chrysilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.2 Several species formerly placed here were transferred to Phintella, and vice versa.1 Females are 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in) long, and males are 4 to 9 millimetres (0.16 to 0.35 in) long.3 The genus is Persian, derived from the Greek Χρύσιλλα.4
Species
As of June 2019 it contains ten species, found only in Africa, Asia, and New South Wales:1
- Chrysilla acerosa Wang & Zhang, 2012 – China
- Chrysilla albens Dyal, 1935 – Pakistan
- Chrysilla deelemani Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Indonesia (Lombok)
- Chrysilla delicata Thorell, 1892 – Myanmar
- Chrysilla doriae Thorell, 1890 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Chrysilla guineensis (Wesolowska & Wiśniewski, 2013) – Guinea
- Chrysilla kolosvaryi Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
- Chrysilla lauta Thorell, 1887 (type) – Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan
- Chrysilla pilosa (Karsch, 1878) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879) – Sri Lanka, India, Bhutan, Pakistan
References
References
- "Gen. Chrysilla Thorell, 1887". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
- Thorell, T. (1887). "Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 25: 5–417.
- Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). "An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia". Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Thorell, T. (1887). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani". Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova. 31: 315.
External links
External links
- Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs
- Photograph of C. lauta