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Genus: Chrysilla Thorell, 1887 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Chrysilla acerosa Wang & Zhang, 2012

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044670

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Described:

Distribution: India, China, Vietnam

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing (SWUC), China m - (Wang & Zhang, 2012)
Paratype: School of Life Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing (SWUC), China 11m 13f - (Wang & Zhang, 2012)

Taxonomic References

Chrysilla acerosa Wang & Zhang, 2012: 65, f. 1-18 (Dmf) Original description

Chrysilla assamensis Ahmed et al., 2014a: 39, f. 1-18 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046785]

Chrysilla acerosa Caleb, 2016b: 272 (S of C. assamensis)

Chrysilla acerosa Hill, 2025c: 7, f. 6.1-6 (mf habitus)

References

Ahmed, M., Anam, J., Saikia, M. K., Manthen, S. V. & Saikia, P. K. (2014a). Records of new genus Chrysilla (group spider: sub-order: Araneae: family: Salticidae) in India at agroecosystem, at Sonitpur, Assam. Journal on New Biological Reports 3(1): 38-43. -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2016b). New data on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta 25(3): 271-277. doi: 10.15298/arthsel.25.3.06 -- Show included taxa

Hill, D. E. (2025c). Orsima ichneumon and other iridescent chrysoid jumping spiders of tropical Asia (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini: Chrysoida). Peckhamia 336.1: 1-48. -- Show included taxa

Wang, L. Y. & Zhang, Z. S. (2012). A new species of Chrysilla Thorell, 1887 from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3243: 65-68. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Hill, 2025c
2019-09-18	Species distribution update		Old value
2016-09-29	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb, 2016b
2016-09-29	Species synonymy	Caleb, 2016b		Chrysilla assamensis synonymized with Chrysilla acerosa