Chrysilla Explained

Chrysilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.^[1] Several species formerly placed here were transferred to Phintella, and vice versa. Females are 3to long, and males are 4to long.^[2] The genus is Persian, derived from the Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Χρύσιλλα.^[3]

Species

it contains ten species, found only in Africa, Asia, and New South Wales:^[4]

• 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

External links

• Salticidae.org: Diagnostic drawings and photographs
• Photograph of C. lauta

Notes and References

1. 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. 5–417. 25. Tamerlan Thorell.
2. Murphy. Frances. Murphy. John. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society.
3. Thorell. T.. 1887. Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova. 315. 31.
4. Gen. Chrysilla Thorell, 1887. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-06. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.