Biology:Chrysilla

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Chrysilla
Chrysilla lauta of Kadavoor.jpg
Chrysilla sp. in Kerala
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Tribe: Chrysillini
Genus: Chrysilla
Thorell, 1887[1]
Type species
C. lauta
Thorell, 1887
Species

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, 2012China
  • Chrysilla albens Dyal, 1935Pakistan
  • 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, 1947East 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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Chrysilla Thorell, 1887. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2580. Retrieved 2019-07-06. 
  2. 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. 
  3. Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. 
  4. Thorell, T. (1887). "Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani". Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 31: 315. https://archive.org/details/studisuiragnimal00thor. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1033867 entry