Chrysso is a spider genus that mostly occurs in the Americas and Asia. C. pulcherrima is pantropical, C. nordica occurs from Hungary to Mongolia, and in North America, and C. spiniventris has been intruced in Europe.
The females are about 9 mm long, the hairs on the tip of the abdomen are blade-like. Many species are strikingly colored, but, as in most theridiids, the coloration is variable. C. compressa for example has a striking black sternum and abdomen with a black venter in Brazil, but a yellow venter in Peru. C. venusta has been observed to rapidly change its color when disturbed.
Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 — USA, West Indies to Brazil
Chrysso alecula Levi, 1962 — Panama
Chrysso anei Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Chrysso angula (Tikader, 1970) — India
Chrysso antonio Levi, 1962 — Brazil
Chrysso argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) — China, Japan, Philippines
Chrysso arima Levi, 1962 — Trinidad
Chrysso arops Levi, 1962 — Brazil
Chrysso backstromi (Berland, 1924) — Juan Fernandez Islands
Chrysso barrosmachadoi Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
Chrysso bicuspidata Zhang & Zhang, 2012 — China
Chrysso bifurca Zhang & Zhang, 2012 — China
Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 1998 — China, Japan
Chrysso calima Buckup & Marques, 1992 — Brazil
Chrysso cambridgei (Petrunkevitch, 1911) — Mexico to Venezuela
Chrysso caudigera Yoshida, 1993 — China, Taiwan
Chrysso compressa (Keyserling, 1884) — Peru, Brazil
Chrysso cyclocera Zhu, 1998 — China
Chrysso dentaria Gao & Li, 2014 — China
Chrysso diplosticha Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 — Panama to Peru
Chrysso ecuadorensis Levi, 1957 — Colombia to Bolivia
Chrysso fanjingshan Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 — China
Chrysso foliata (L. Koch, 1878) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
Chrysso gounellei Levi, 1962 — Brazil
Chrysso huae Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003 — China
Chrysso huanuco Levi, 1957 — Peru
Chrysso indicifera Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 — Panama to Peru
Chrysso intervales Gonzaga, Leiner & Santos, 2006 — Brazil
Chrysso isumbo Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Chrysso lativentris Yoshida, 1993 — China, Korea, Taiwan
Chrysso lingchuanensis Zhu & Zhang, 1992 — China
Chrysso longshanensis Yin, 2012 — China
Chrysso makiling Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015 — Philippines
Chrysso mariae Levi, 1957 — Peru
Chrysso melba Levi, 1962 — Panama
Chrysso nigriceps Keyserling, 1884 — Colombia, Ecuador
Chrysso nigrosterna Keyserling, 1891 — Brazil
Chrysso nordica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) — Hungary to Mongolia, North America
Chrysso octomaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Chrysso orchis Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 — Taiwan
Chrysso oxycera Zhu & Song, 1993 — China
Chrysso pelyx (Levi, 1957) — USA
Chrysso pulcherrima (Mello-Leitao, 1917) — Pantropical
Chrysso pulchra (Keyserling, 1891) — Brazil
Chrysso questona Levi, 1962 — Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad
Chrysso rubrovittata (Keyserling, 1884) — Brazil, Argentina
Chrysso sasakii Yoshida, 2001 — Japan
Chrysso scintillans (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, Philippines
Chrysso sicki Levi, 1957 — Brazil
Chrysso sikkimensis (Tikader, 1970) — India
Chrysso silva Levi, 1962 — Panama
Chrysso simoni Levi, 1962 — Venezuela
Chrysso spiniventris (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka to Japan (Europe, introduced)
Chrysso subrapula Zhu, 1998 — China
Chrysso sulcata (Keyserling, 1884) — Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
Chrysso tiboli Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Chrysso trimaculata Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 — China, Taiwan, Thailand
Chrysso trispinula Zhu, 1998 — China
Chrysso urbasae (Tikader, 1970) — India
Chrysso vallensis Levi, 1957 — Panama
Chrysso vexabilis Keyserling, 1884 — Panama to Argentina
Chrysso viridiventris Yoshida, 1996 — Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands
Chrysso vitra Zhu, 1998 — China
Chrysso vittatula (Roewer, 1942) — Colombia to Bolivia
Chrysso volcanensis Levi, 1962 — Costa Rica, Panama
Chrysso wangi Zhu, 1998 — China
Chrysso wenxianensis Zhu, 1998 — China
