Chrysometa is a genus of long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is a senior synonym of Capichameta.
Species
it contains 146 species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Mexico:
- C. acinosa <small>ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2007</small> â Chile
- C. adelis <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. alajuela <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica to Colombia
- C. alboguttata <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> â Mexico to Colombia
- C. allija <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. antonio <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. aramba <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. atotonilco <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. aureola <small>(Keyserling, 1884)</small> â Brazil, Trinidad
- C. banos <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. bella <small>(Banks, 1909)</small> â Costa Rica
- C. bigibbosa <small>(Keyserling, 1864)</small> â Colombia
- C. bolivari <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. bolivia <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Bolivia, Colombia
- C. boquete <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Panama, Colombia
- C. boraceia <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
- C. brevipes <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> â Mexico, Guatemala
- C. browni <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. buenaventura <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. buga <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. butamalal <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Chile
- C. cali <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. calima <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. cambara <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. candianii <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. carmelo <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. cebolleta <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. chica <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. chipinque <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Mexico, Guatemala
- C. choroni <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Venezuela
- C. chulumani <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Bolivia
- C. churitepui <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Venezuela
- C. citlaltepetl <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. claudia <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Venezuela
- C. columbicola <small>Strand, 1916</small> â Colombia
- C. conspersa <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> â Hispaniola
- C. cornuta <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> â Hispaniola
- C. craigae <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica
- C. cuenca <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. decolorata <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> â Guatemala
- C. digua <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. distincta <small>(Bryant, 1940)</small> â Cuba
- C. donachui <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. duida <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Venezuela
- C. eberhardi <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. ecarup <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. eugeni <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Martinique, St. Vincent
- C. explorans <small>(Chamberlin, 1916)</small> â Peru
- C. fidelia <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. flava <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894)</small> â Mexico to Brazil
- C. flavicans <small>(Caporiacco, 1947)</small> â Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
- C. fuscolimbata <small>(Archer, 1958)</small> â Jamaica
- C. guadeloupensis <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Guadeloupe
- C. guttata <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> â Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
- C. hamata <small>(Bryant, 1942)</small> â Puerto Rico
- C. heredia <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica
- C. huanuco <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Peru
- C. huila <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia, Ecuador
- C. incachaca <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. itaimba <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. jayuyensis <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1930)</small> â Puerto Rico
- C. jelskii <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Peru
- C. jordao <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. keyserlingi <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. kochalkai <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. lancetilla <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Honduras
- C. lapazensis <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Bolivia
- C. lepida <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> â Peru
- C. levii <small>ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2007</small> â Chile
- C. linguiformis <small>(Franganillo, 1930)</small> â Cuba, Jamaica
- C. lomanhungae <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. ludibunda <small>(Keyserling, 1893)</small> â Brazil, Paraguay
- C. luisi <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. machala <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador, Peru
- C. macintyrei <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. macuchi <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador, Peru
- C. maculata <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> â Hispaniola
- C. magdalena <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. maitae <small>ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2007</small> â Chile
- C. malkini <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. marta <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. merida <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Venezuela
- C. minuta <small>(Keyserling, 1883)</small> â Brazil
- C. minza <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. monticola <small>(Keyserling, 1883)</small> â Peru
- C. muerte <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica to Colombia
- C. niebla <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. nigroventris <small>(Keyserling, 1879)</small> â Colombia or Panama
- C. nigrovittata <small>(Keyserling, 1865)</small> â Colombia, Ecuador
- C. nubigena <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. nuboso <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica
- C. nuevagranada <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. obscura <small>(Bryant, 1945)</small> â Hispaniola
- C. opulenta <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> â Peru, Brazil
- C. otavalo <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. palenque <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Mexico to Honduras
- C. pecki <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Jamaica
- C. pena <small>Simó, ÃÂlvarez & Laborda, 2016</small> â Uruguay
- C. penai <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. petrasierwaldae <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. pichincha <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. pilimbala <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. plana <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. poas <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Mexico to Panama
- C. puebla <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Mexico
- C. purace <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. puya <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. ramon <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Peru
- C. raripila <small>(Keyserling, 1893)</small> â Brazil
- C. rincon <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Mexico
- C. rosarium <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. rubromaculata <small>(Keyserling, 1864)</small> â Colombia or Panama
- C. sabana <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Hispaniola
- C. saci <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. sagicuta <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. saladito <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. santosi <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. saramacca <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Venezuela, Peru, Suriname
- C. satulla <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> â Peru
- C. satura <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica
- C. schneblei <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia, Ecuador
- C. serachui <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. sevillano <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. sicki <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. sondo <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. sumare <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. sztolcmani <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Peru
- C. tenuipes <small>(Keyserling, 1864)</small> (type) â Colombia
- C. tinajillas <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. triangulosa <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. troya <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. tungurahua <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. uaza <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador, Colombia
- C. unicolor <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small> â Colombia or Panama
- C. universitaria <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Costa Rica, Panama
- C. ura <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Ecuador
- C. utcuyacu <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Peru
- C. valle <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia
- C. waikoxi <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. xamaticpac <small>Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & ÃÂlvarez-Padilla, 2018</small> â Mexico
- C. xavantina <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Brazil
- C. yanomami <small>Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011</small> â Brazil
- C. yotoco <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Colombia, Venezuela
- C. yungas <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Bolivia
- C. yunque <small>Levi, 1986</small> â Puerto Rico
- C. zelotypa <small>(Keyserling, 1883)</small> â Costa Rica to Peru
In synonymy:
- C. alticola <small>(Berland, 1913, T from Meta)</small> = Chrysometa zelotypa <small>(Keyserling, 1883)</small>
- C. ribeiroi <small>(Soares & Camargo, 1955)</small> = Chrysometa guttata <small>(Keyserling, 1881)</small>
- C. superans <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)</small> = Chrysometa alboguttata <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small>
- C. uncata <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903)</small> = Chrysometa brevipes <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small>
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