East Asian Species of the Genus Chrysso (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Abstract

Twelve species of the genus Chrysso of the family Theridiidae are recorded from East Asia. Two new species are described from Taiwan and Korea under the names, Chrysso lativentris sp. nov. (Korea and Taiwan) and C. caudigera sp. nov. (Taiwan). Theridion rapulum YAGINUMA, 1960 is transferred to Chrysso. Chrysso pulcherrima (MELLO-LEITÃO, 1917) is recorded for the first time from Japan, and C. trimaculata ZHU, ZHANG et XU, 1991 is newly recorded from Taiwan.