Chrysilla lauta

Chrysilla lauta is the type species of the jumping spider genus Chrysilla. It occurs in rain forest^[1] from Burma to China and Vietnam. Although known since 1887, it has only been described from male specimens.^[2]

Chrysilla lauta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Chrysilla
Species:	C. lauta
Binomial name
Chrysilla lauta Thorell, 1887

Description

The male is very slender. Its carapace is orange-red, with a narrow bluish-white, iridescent transverse stripe between the eyes. The robust chelicerae do not point forward. The long scutum of the opisthosoma is dark brown and covered with dense, bronze-colored hairs. The long legs are brownish-yellow, with the first pair, and the last segments of the others brown.^[1]