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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Chrysso  O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882   1 species

Chrysso nordica (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007257

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Description
Male

Coloration as in females. Opisthoma elongated with a cuneiform protrusion (not as distinct as in females).

Female

Epigyne shows a horseshoe-like form. Prosoma light yellow, with conspicious dark median and lateral stripes.Sternum yellow, with dark margin. Legs yellow. Tibia I with a dark brown distal annulation. Opisthosoma white, with cuneiform protrusion. In lateral view with two dark stripes reaching from the spinnerets to the cuneiform protrusion.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France, Hungary, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, North America
Phenology
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Figures
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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Szinetár et al. 2004)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Szinetár et al. 2004)

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male Pedipalp
(Levi 1957b)

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male Chelicerae, ventral view
(Levi 1957b)

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female Epigyne
(Szinetár et al. 2004)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1957b)

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female Vulva
(Szinetár et al. 2004)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levi 1957b)

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female Habitus, lateral view
(Levi 1957b)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Levi 1957b)

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Chelicera, frontal view
(Levi 1957b)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

France   (Milano et al., 2019) ||| Hungary   (Szinetár et al., 2004) ||| Moldova   (Vasiliev & Mikhailov, 2023) ||| Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996b) ||| Ukraine  Removed (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996b) A new species of the genus Theridion (Aranei, Theridiidae) from the Urals. Zoologicheskiĭ Zhurnal 75: 1275-1277 pdf

Levi H W (1957b) Spiders of the new genus Arctachaea (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Cambridge 64: 102-106 pdf

Milano F, Mammola S, Rollard C, Leccia M-F, Isaia M (2019) An inventory of the spider species of Barcelonnette (France), with taxonomic notes on Piniphantes agnellus n. comb. (Araneae, Linyphiidae). Zoosystema 41(4): 29-58 pdf

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

Szinetár C, Horváth R, Eichardt J (2004) Chrysso nordica (Theridiidae, Araneae) found in eastern Hungary is a new species species for central Europe. In: Samu F, Szinetár C (eds.) European Arachnology 2002. Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenyi College, Budapest, pp. 303-307 pdf

Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
04-06-2025 Distribution update Detail
19-01-2021 Distribution update Detail
20-02-2019 Distribution update Detail
18-12-2014 Image insert