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 BrazilChrysso alecula Levi, 1962 — PanamaChrysso anei Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — PhilippinesChrysso angula (Tikader, 1970) — IndiaChrysso antonio Levi, 1962 — BrazilChrysso argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) — China, Japan, PhilippinesChrysso arima Levi, 1962 — TrinidadChrysso arops Levi, 1962 — BrazilChrysso backstromi (Berland, 1924) — Juan Fernandez IslandsChrysso barrosmachadoi Caporiacco, 1955 — VenezuelaChrysso bicuspidata Zhang & Zhang, 2012 — ChinaChrysso bifurca Zhang & Zhang, 2012 — ChinaChrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 1998 — China, JapanChrysso calima Buckup & Marques, 1992 — BrazilChrysso cambridgei (Petrunkevitch, 1911) — Mexico to VenezuelaChrysso caudigera Yoshida, 1993 — China, TaiwanChrysso compressa (Keyserling, 1884) — Peru, BrazilChrysso cyclocera Zhu, 1998 — ChinaChrysso dentaria Gao & Li, 2014 — ChinaChrysso diplosticha Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 — Panama to PeruChrysso ecuadorensis Levi, 1957 — Colombia to BoliviaChrysso fanjingshan Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 — ChinaChrysso foliata (L. Koch, 1878) — Russia, China, Korea, JapanChrysso gounellei Levi, 1962 — BrazilChrysso huae Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003 — ChinaChrysso huanuco Levi, 1957 — PeruChrysso indicifera Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 — Panama to PeruChrysso intervales Gonzaga, Leiner & Santos, 2006 — BrazilChrysso isumbo Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — PhilippinesChrysso lativentris Yoshida, 1993 — China, Korea, TaiwanChrysso lingchuanensis Zhu & Zhang, 1992 — ChinaChrysso longshanensis Yin, 2012 — ChinaChrysso makiling Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2015 — PhilippinesChrysso mariae Levi, 1957 — PeruChrysso melba Levi, 1962 — PanamaChrysso nigriceps Keyserling, 1884 — Colombia, EcuadorChrysso nigrosterna Keyserling, 1891 — BrazilChrysso nordica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) — Hungary to Mongolia, North AmericaChrysso octomaculata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) — China, Korea, Taiwan, JapanChrysso orchis Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 — TaiwanChrysso oxycera Zhu & Song, 1993 — ChinaChrysso pelyx (Levi, 1957) — USAChrysso pulcherrima (Mello-Leitao, 1917) — PantropicalChrysso pulchra (Keyserling, 1891) — BrazilChrysso questona Levi, 1962 — Costa Rica, Panama, TrinidadChrysso rubrovittata (Keyserling, 1884) — Brazil, ArgentinaChrysso sasakii Yoshida, 2001 — JapanChrysso scintillans (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar, China, Korea, Japan, PhilippinesChrysso sicki Levi, 1957 — BrazilChrysso sikkimensis (Tikader, 1970) — IndiaChrysso silva Levi, 1962 — PanamaChrysso simoni Levi, 1962 — VenezuelaChrysso spiniventris (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — Sri Lanka to Japan (Europe, introduced)Chrysso subrapula Zhu, 1998 — ChinaChrysso sulcata (Keyserling, 1884) — Peru, Bolivia, BrazilChrysso tiboli Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — PhilippinesChrysso trimaculata Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 — China, Taiwan, ThailandChrysso trispinula Zhu, 1998 — ChinaChrysso urbasae (Tikader, 1970) — IndiaChrysso vallensis Levi, 1957 — PanamaChrysso vexabilis Keyserling, 1884 — Panama to ArgentinaChrysso viridiventris Yoshida, 1996 — Taiwan, Ryukyu IslandsChrysso vitra Zhu, 1998 — ChinaChrysso vittatula (Roewer, 1942) — Colombia to BoliviaChrysso volcanensis Levi, 1962 — Costa Rica, PanamaChrysso wangi Zhu, 1998 — ChinaChrysso wenxianensis Zhu, 1998 — China
