Redescription of Chrysilla lauta Thorell 1887 (Araneae: Salticidae) based on the comparison with the holotype, and DNA barcoding

Abstract

Chrysilla lauta Thorell 1887 is the type species of the genus Chrysilla. Zhang & Wang (2017) formally recorded the female of C. lauta for the first time, but it does not include the description of important characters in spider taxonomy such as the palp of males and the epigyne of females. We here redescribe C. lauta in detail, on the basis of the comparison with the holotype, and DNA barcoding using mitochondrial CO1 fragment.