Chrysso

Golden comb-footed spider
female C. spiniventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Chrysso O. P-Cambridge, 1882
Species
C. albomaculata C. compressa C. nordica C. pelyx C. pulcherrima C. spiniventris C. venusta  many others
Diversity
64 species

male C. pulcherrima

Chrysso is a spider genus that mostly occurs in the Americas and Asia. C. pulcherrima is pantropical, C. nordica occurs from Hungary to Mongolia, and in North America, and C. spiniventris has been intruced in Europe.

The females are about 9 mm long, the hairs on the tip of the abdomen are blade-like. Many species are strikingly colored, but, as in most theridiids, the coloration is variable. C. compressa for example has a striking black sternum and abdomen with a black venter in Brazil, but a yellow venter in Peru. C. venusta has been observed to rapidly change its color when disturbed.

References

• Werner, F.G. (1957): Spiders of the New Genus Arctachaea (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche 64: 102-106. PDF
• Levi, Herbert W. (1962): More American Spiders of the Genus Chrysso (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche 69: 209-237. PDF

External links

• Guide to Common Singapore Spiders: Pictures of spider + web