Chthonopes

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Chthonopes

| authority = Wunderlich, 2011

| type_species = C. jaegeri

| type_species_authority = Wunderlich, 2011

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| C. cavernicola|Wunderlich, 2011 – Laos

| C. jaegeri|Wunderlich, 2011 – Laos

| C. thakekensis|Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014 – Laos}}

}}

Chthonopes is a genus of southeast Asian ray spiders that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2011.{{cite journal| last=Wunderlich| first=J.| year=2011| title=Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae)| journal=Beiträge zur Araneologie| pages=433–435| volume=6}} {{as of|2020|06}} it contains three species, found in caves of Laos, but can likely also be found in India and China: C. cavernicola, C. jaegeri, and C. thakekensis.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2020-07-16| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3565| doi=10.24436/2}} They have several adaptations for darker environments, including pale coloration, long legs, and reduced lenses.