Biology:Chthonos

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Chthonos
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Genus: Chthonos
Coddington, 1986[1]
Type species
C. pectorosa
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882)
Species

5, see text

Chthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied.[2] Originally placed with the Orb-weaver spiders under the name Tecmessa,[3] it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.[2]

Species

(As of June 2020) it contains five species, found in Peru, Brazil , and Ecuador:[1]

  • Chthonos kuyllur Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 – Ecuador
  • Chthonos pectorosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) (type) – Brazil
  • Chthonos peruana (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
  • Chthonos quinquemucronata (Simon, 1893) – Brazil
  • Chthonos tuberosa (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil

Formerly included:

  • C. tetrabuna (Archer, 1965) (Transferred to Ogulnius)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Chthonos Coddington, 1986. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3566. Retrieved 2020-07-18. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422. 
  3. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 50 (3): 434. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. 

Further reading

  • Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832. 
  • Dupérré, N.; Tapia, E. (2017). "On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species". Zootaxa 4341 (3): 375–399. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.3. PMID 29245661. 
  • Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 
  • Simon, E. (1893). "Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62: 299–330. 

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