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Chrosiothes

Chrosiothes is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is considered a senior synonym of Theridiotis.

They have thick legs and two minute setae in place of a colulus. Males are noticeably smaller than females. Females of C. jamaicensis are about long, while males are only about .

They are closely related to members of Episinus, Spintharus, Thwaitesia and Anelosimus.

Species

it contains twenty-seven species that occurs almost exclusively in the New World from the United States to Brazil, with one species found in China, Korea and Japan, and two species endemic to Taiwan:

Formerly included:

  • C. australis <small>(Simon, 1896)</small> (Transferred to Episinus)

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