# Chrysometa

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

As of October 2019 it contains 146 species, found in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and Mexico:
* C. acinosa Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Chile
* C. adelis Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. alajuela Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica to Colombia
* C. alboguttata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Mexico to Colombia
* C. allija Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. antonio Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. aramba Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. atotonilco Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. aureola (Keyserling, 1884) – Brazil, Trinidad
* C. banos Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. bella (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
* C. bigibbosa (Keyserling, 1864) – Colombia
* C. bolivari Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. bolivia Levi, 1986 – Bolivia, Colombia
* C. boquete Levi, 1986 – Panama, Colombia
* C. boraceia Levi, 1986 – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
* C. brevipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Mexico, Guatemala
* C. browni Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. buenaventura Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. buga Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. butamalal Levi, 1986 – Chile
* C. cali Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. calima Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. cambara Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. candianii Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. carmelo Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. cebolleta Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. chica Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. chipinque Levi, 1986 – Mexico, Guatemala
* C. choroni Levi, 1986 – Venezuela
* C. chulumani Levi, 1986 – Bolivia
* C. churitepui Levi, 1986 – Venezuela
* C. citlaltepetl Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. claudia Levi, 1986 – Venezuela
* C. columbicola Strand, 1916 – Colombia
* C. conspersa (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola
* C. cornuta (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola
* C. craigae Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica
* C. cuenca Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. decolorata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889) – Guatemala
* C. digua Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. distincta (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
* C. donachui Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. duida Levi, 1986 – Venezuela
* C. eberhardi Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. ecarup Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. eugeni Levi, 1986 – Martinique, St. Vincent
* C. explorans (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
* C. fidelia Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. flava (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) – Mexico to Brazil
* C. flavicans (Caporiacco, 1947) – Brazil, Guyana, Suriname
* C. fuscolimbata (Archer, 1958) – Jamaica
* C. guadeloupensis Levi, 1986 – Guadeloupe
* C. guttata (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
* C. hamata (Bryant, 1942) – Puerto Rico
* C. heredia Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica
* C. huanuco Levi, 1986 – Peru
* C. huila Levi, 1986 – Colombia, Ecuador
* C. incachaca Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. itaimba Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. jayuyensis (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
* C. jelskii Levi, 1986 – Peru
* C. jordao Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. keyserlingi Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. kochalkai Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. lancetilla Levi, 1986 – Honduras
* C. lapazensis Levi, 1986 – Bolivia
* C. lepida (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru
* C. levii Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Chile
* C. linguiformis (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba, Jamaica
* C. lomanhungae Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. ludibunda (Keyserling, 1893) – Brazil, Paraguay
* C. luisi Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. machala Levi, 1986 – Ecuador, Peru
* C. macintyrei Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. macuchi Levi, 1986 – Ecuador, Peru
* C. maculata (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola
* C. magdalena Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. maitae Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 – Chile
* C. malkini Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. marta Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. merida Levi, 1986 – Venezuela
* C. minuta (Keyserling, 1883) – Brazil
* C. minza Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. monticola (Keyserling, 1883) – Peru
* C. muerte Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica to Colombia
* C. niebla Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. nigroventris (Keyserling, 1879) – Colombia or Panama
* C. nigrovittata (Keyserling, 1865) – Colombia, Ecuador
* C. nubigena Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. nuboso Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica
* C. nuevagranada Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. obscura (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola
* C. opulenta (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru, Brazil
* C. otavalo Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. palenque Levi, 1986 – Mexico to Honduras
* C. pecki Levi, 1986 – Jamaica
* C. pena Simó, Álvarez & Laborda, 2016 – Uruguay
* C. penai Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. petrasierwaldae Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. pichincha Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. pilimbala Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. plana Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. poas Levi, 1986 – Mexico to Panama
* C. puebla Levi, 1986 – Mexico
* C. purace Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. puya Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. ramon Levi, 1986 – Peru
* C. raripila (Keyserling, 1893) – Brazil
* C. rincon Levi, 1986 – Mexico
* C. rosarium Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. rubromaculata (Keyserling, 1864) – Colombia or Panama
* C. sabana Levi, 1986 – Hispaniola
* C. saci Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. sagicuta Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. saladito Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. santosi Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. saramacca Levi, 1986 – Venezuela, Peru, Suriname
* C. satulla (Keyserling, 1881) – Peru
* C. satura Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica
* C. schneblei Levi, 1986 – Colombia, Ecuador
* C. serachui Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. sevillano Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. sicki Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. sondo Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. sumare Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. sztolcmani Levi, 1986 – Peru
* C. tenuipes (Keyserling, 1864) (type) – Colombia
* C. tinajillas Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. triangulosa Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. troya Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. tungurahua Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. uaza Levi, 1986 – Ecuador, Colombia
* C. unicolor (Keyserling, 1881) – Colombia or Panama
* C. universitaria Levi, 1986 – Costa Rica, Panama
* C. ura Levi, 1986 – Ecuador
* C. utcuyacu Levi, 1986 – Peru
* C. valle Levi, 1986 – Colombia
* C. waikoxi Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. xamaticpac Salgueiro-Sepúlveda & Álvarez-Padilla, 2018 – Mexico
* C. xavantina Levi, 1986 – Brazil
* C. yanomami Nogueira, Pena-Barbosa, Venticinque & Brescovit, 2011 – Brazil
* C. yotoco Levi, 1986 – Colombia, Venezuela
* C. yungas Levi, 1986 – Bolivia
* C. yunque Levi, 1986 – Puerto Rico
* C. zelotypa (Keyserling, 1883) – Costa Rica to Peru
In synonymy:
* C. alticola (Berland, 1913, T from Meta) = Chrysometa zelotypa (Keyserling, 1883)
* C. ribeiroi (Soares & Camargo, 1955) = Chrysometa guttata (Keyserling, 1881)
* C. superans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) = Chrysometa alboguttata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)
* C. uncata (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903) = Chrysometa brevipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)