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Genus of spiders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Chrysilla | |
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Chrysilla sp. in Kerala | |
Scientific classification | |
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 |
As of June 2019[update] it contains ten species, found only in Africa, Asia, and New South Wales:[1]