Chthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied. Originally placed with the Orb-weaver_spiders under the name Tecmessa, it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.
Species
As of June 2020 it contains five species, found in Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador:
- 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
- List of Theridiosomatidae species
References
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 (in French). 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.
