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Chthonos
Sign in to saveChthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied. Originally placed with the Orb-weaver_spiders under the name Tecmessa, it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheridiosomatidae
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- Specimen records
- 37
- Family
- Theridiosomatidae
- Collections
- MCZ, FMNH, MNRJ, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Honduras, Guatemala, Brasil
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Chthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied. Originally placed with the Orb-weaver_spiders under the name Tecmessa, it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.
==Species== it contains five species, found in Peru, Brazil, and Ecuador: 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
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