Cheiracanthium ilicis Morano & Bonal, 2016
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish, ocular region darker. Immatures have a homogeneous pale green colour, changing to yellow reaching sexual maturity. Clypeus narrower than diameter of AME. Sternum triangular and orangish. Chelicerae dark brown-orange with small basal condyle on external surface. Palp as well as patellae and tarsi of legs completely spineless, femora with two pairs of lateral spines, metatarsi III/IV with three pairs of lateral spines, tibia I with 9-11 ventral spines. Palp: Tarsus longer than patella and tibia together.
Body length male: 9.4 mmFemale
Appearance and colouration similar to male, but tending larger and with shorter legs. Eyes slightly larger than in males. Female palp with a simple straight claw. Variability in spination pattern greater than in males.
Body length female: 8.8-9.7 mmAdditional information
Obligate tree dweller, prefers the tree canopy.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Morano & Bonal 2016)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Morano & Bonal 2016)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morano & Bonal 2016)
Pedipalp, dorsal view
(Urones 2023)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Urones 2023)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Urones 2023)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Urones 2023)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Morano & Bonal 2016)
Epigyne
(Urones 2023)
Epigyne
(Urones 2023)
Epigyne, with mating plug, ventral view
(Morano & Bonal 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morano & Bonal 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Urones 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Urones 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Urones 2023)
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(Urones 2023)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 
Morano E, Bonal R (2016) Cheiracanthium ilicis sp. n. (Araneae, Eutichuridae), a novel spider species associated with Holm Oaks (Quercus ilex). ZooKeys 601: 21-39
Urones C (2023) Cheiracanthium C.L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae) ibéricos y de la región Paleártico-occidental. 1. Novedades sobre Ch. mildei L. Koch, 1864 y Ch. ilicis Morano & Bonal, 2016. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 43: 9-29
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2