Chthonos Explained
Chthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied.[1] Originally placed with the Orb-weaver_spiders under the name Tecmessa,[2] it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.
Species
it contains five species, found in Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador:[3]
- 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
Further reading
- Book: Keyserling, E.. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. 1–295. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. 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. 375–399. 4341. 3. 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.3. 29245661.
- Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Roret . Paris. fr. 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. 299–330. 62.
Notes and References
- Coddington. J. A.. 1986. The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1–96. 422. 422. 10.5479/si.00810282.422. Jonathan A. Coddington.
- Pickard-Cambridge. O.. 1882. On new genera and species of Araneidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50. 3. 434. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. Octavius Pickard-Cambridge. 2027/coo.31924018443543. free.
- Gen. Chthonos Coddington, 1986. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-18. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.
