Chthonos

Chthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied.^[2] Originally placed with the Orb-weaver_spiders under the name Tecmessa,^[3] it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.^[2]

Chthonos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiosomatidae
Genus:	Chthonos Coddington, 1986[1]
Type species
C. pectorosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882)
Species
5, see text

Species

As of June 2020^[update] it contains five species, found in Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador:^[1]

• 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