Chrysilla

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
Chrysilla sp. in Kerala
Scientific classification
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

Species

As of June 2019^[update] it contains ten species, found only in Africa, Asia, and New South Wales:^[1]

• 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