Spectacular Iridescent Jumper
Unlike C. delicata. this species shows distinct sexual dimorphism that is seen in most typical Chrysilla. In this species, the males are spectacularly coloured with iridescent cyan and bluish bands on a crimson carapace. The elongated abdomen and legs I (especially femora I) are covered with metallic blue and purple scales. Legs I are characteristically longer and stouter than other legs. The distal (far) ends of tibiae I are each girdled by a ring of white hairs.
The female has a metallic sky-blue carapace with a pair of conspicuous red fringes. It has a stouter abdomen, covered with red, black and metallic blue scales.
| Length | ♀ 5–6 mm; ♂ 5–7mm |
| Type Locality | Kachin, Myanmar |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar (Kachin), Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka. |
| Habitat | Foliage and grasses in gardens, grassland, and forest. |
| Biology | This spider feeds largely on ants. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♂ (22120) of Chrysilla longiventris (Żabka, 1985)
Holotype
Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy; ♂ (Żabka, 1985)
Chrysilla lauta (Original description ♂)
Cosmophasis longiventris (Original description ♂)
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Prószyński, 1976 Studium systematyczno-zoogeograflczne nad rodziną Salticidae (Aranei) Regionów Palearktycznego i Nearktycznego: 154, f. 237
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Prószyński, 1983a Position of genus Phintella (Araneae: Salticidae): 44, f. 4-6 doi:10.2476/asjaa.31.43
Chrysilla lauta (♂, Synonym of Cosmophasis longiventris)
Żabka, 1985 Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam: 210, f. 81-82
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Song & Chai, 1991 New species and new records of the family Salticidae from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Araneae): 14, f. 2A-B
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 507, f. 290N-O
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago: 159, f. 36-37 doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Prószyński, 2018a Review of the genus Hasarius (Araneae: Salticidae) - a taxonomic fiasco: 26, f. 5G doi:10.37828/em.2018.16.2
Chrysilla lauta (♂, D♀)
Yamasaki et al., 2018a Redescription of Chrysilla lauta Thorell 1887 (Araneae: Salticidae) based on the comparison with the holotype, and DNA barcoding: 27, f. 2-4, 6-24 doi:10.2476/asjaa.67.23
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2019 Multilocus genetic and morphological phylogenetic analysis reveals a radiation of shiny South Asian jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae): 46, f. 19A-E, 20A-B doi:10.3897/zookeys.839.28312
Chrysilla lauta (♂)
Peng, 2020 Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae: 75, f. 35a-b
Chrysilla lauta (♂♀)
Deeleman-Reinhold, Addink & Miller, 2024 The genera Chrysilla and Phintelloides revisited with the description of a new species (Araneae, Salticidae): 28, f. 1a-d, 2a-d, 3a-d, 4a-d, 5 doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e129438
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia), Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar (Kachin), Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka.