Cheiracanthiidae: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839
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Opisthosoma dorsally yellow-brown with a red-brown longitudinal median band or pattern which can be seamed with light yellow (colour can be faded in old preserved specimens) |
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| - | Opisthosoma dorsally also yellow-brown or yellow-green to grey-green but without pattern or only with a grey cardiac mark respectively | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 (1)
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Longitudinal band not reaching beyond anterior half of opisthosoma; male chelicerae strongly outwardly bulged distally and the inner side indented; tibia of male pedipalp approx. twice as long as patella; cymbial spur little bit smaller than cymbium; bulbus with ± roundish shape in ventral view; vulva: entrance ducts with wide lumen and approx. two times twisted around receptaculum seminis Cheiracanthium oncognathum Thorell, 1871 |
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| - | Longitudinal band reaching spinnerets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outer cymbial margin of male pedipalp widened and laterally recognisable as protrusion above bulbus; cymbial spur tapering and with pointed ending; bulbus longer than wide in ventral view; entrance ducts of vulva distinctly twisted around anterior parts of receptacula seminis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Outer cymbial margin of male pedipalp not widened, not forming a protrusion above bulbus; cymbial spur less tapering with blunt tip; cymbial tip > 1/3 of cymbium (without spur); bulbus ± round in ventral view; tibial apophysis with equally long branches; entrance ducts of vulva twisted around receptaculum seminis at tip Cheiracanthium pennyi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 |
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| 4 (3)
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Male pedipalp: cymbial tip < 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); cymbial spur hardly reaching beyond 1/2 of tibia; entrance ducts of vulva coiled Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802) |
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Male pedipalp: cymbial tip > 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); cymbial spur reaching distinctly beyond 1/2 of tibia; entrance ducts of vulva forming a single arc Cheiracanthium montanum L. Koch, 1877 |
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Male pedipalp with 2 equally long tibial apophysis; epigyne without epigynal groove Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864 |
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| - | Male pedipalp with only one distinctly developed tibial apophysis; epigynal groove present, anterior margin with dark sclerotised arc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Male chelicerae outwardly bulged distally and inner side indented; cymbial spur at least as long as pedipalp tibia; length of pedipalp tibia approx. 4 times length of patella; vulva: receptaculum seminis long, approx. parallel to longitudinal axis of body; entrance ducts with wide lumen, twisted approx. three times around receptaculum seminis Cheiracanthium effossum Herman, 1879 |
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| - | Male chelicerae distally diverging or parallel; cymbial spur < pedipalp tibia; vulva: receptaculum seminis sloped with respect to longitudinal axis of body; entrance ducts with narrow lumen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Male chelicerae with 2 conical humps basally on inner margins; cymbial tip smaller or equal 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin extended; length of male pedipalp tibia approx. 1.5 times length of patella; epigynal groove with broad, dark margin Cheiracanthium elegans Thorell, 1875 |
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| - | Male chelicerae without conical humps basally on inner margins; epigynal groove without or only with narrow, dark margin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tibial apophysis with equally long branches; cymbial tip > 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin not forming a protrusion above bulbus; male chelicerae diverging distally; receptaculum seminis medially constricted; entrance ducts distant Cheiracanthium punctorium (Villers, 1789) |
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| - | Outer branch of tibial apophysis longer than inner branch; male chelicerae somewhat diverging; receptaculum seminis medially bent at an angle, anteriorly narrowed; entrance ducts close together | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cymbial tip approx. 1/3 of cymbium length (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin somewhat extended, forms only a small protrusion above bulbus in lateral view; male chelicerae as fig.; entrance ducts twisted approx. 2.5 times around receptaculum seminis Cheiracanthium virescens (Sundevall, 1833) |
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Cymbial tip approx. 1/4 of cymbium length (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin distinctly extended and forms a robust process laterally above bulbus; entrance ducts twisted approx. 3.5 times around receptaculum seminis Cheiracanthium campestre Lohmander, 1944 |
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Pedipalp
Epigyne
Further taxa
| 1. Cheiracanthium abbreviatum Simon, 1878 |
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| 2. Cheiracanthium angulitarse Simon, 1878 |
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| 3. Cheiracanthium annulipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 |
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| 4. Cheiracanthium auenati Caporiacco, 1936 |
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| 5. Cheiracanthium barbarum (Lucas, 1846) |
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| 6. Cheiracanthium canariense Wunderlich, 1987 |
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| 7. Cheiracanthium equestre O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 |
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| 8. Cheiracanthium exilipes (Lucas, 1846) |
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| 9. Cheiracanthium fulvotestaceum Simon, 1878 |
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| 10. Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879 |
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| 11. Cheiracanthium gratum Kulczyński, 1897 |
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| 12. Cheiracanthium ienisteai Sterghiu, 1985 |
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| 13. Cheiracanthium ilicis Morano & Bonal, 2016 |
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| 14. Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847) |
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| 15. Cheiracanthium isiacum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 |
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| 16. Cheiracanthium jovium Denis, 1947 |
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| 17. Cheiracanthium margaritae Sterghiu, 1985 |
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| 18. Cheiracanthium occidentale L. Koch, 1882 |
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| 19. Cheiracanthium pelasgicum (C. L. Koch, 1837) |
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| 20. Cheiracanthium pennatum Simon, 1878 |
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| 21. Cheiracanthium salsicola Simon, 1932 |
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| 22. Cheiracanthium seidlitzi L. Koch, 1864 |
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| 23. Cheiracanthium siwi El-Hennawy, 2001 |
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