| Chthonos | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiosomatidae |
| Genus: | Chthonos Coddington, 1986[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. pectorosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882)
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| Species | |
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Chthonos is a genus of South American ray spiders that was created by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986 because the previous name was preoccupied.[2] Originally placed with the Orb-weaver_spiders under the name Tecmessa,[3] it was transferred to the ray spiders in 1986.[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1882). "On new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 50 (3): 434. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1882.tb02749.x. hdl:2027/coo.31924018443543.