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Genus Clubiona - Leafcurling Sac Spiders

camp bathroom spider 1 - Clubiona - female camp bathroom spider 1 - Clubiona - male Sac Spider - Clubiona pacifica - female Longlegged Sac Spider - Clubiona obesa - female Spider lives in a tent in the grass - Clubiona spider - Clubiona spider - Clubiona Epigynum - Clubiona spiralis - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Clubionidae (Sac Spiders)
Genus Clubiona (Leafcurling Sac Spiders)
Identification
"Cheiracanthium are distinguished from the closely related species of Clubiona by lacking a conspicuous dorsal groove in the midline of the carapace, the lack of a cluster of long curved erect setae at the anterior end of the abdomen, by having the first pair of legs the longest, and by having a long, pointed spur extending back from the cymbium over the tibia. Species of Cheiracanthium are also chracterised by having relatively thinner legs and more robust bodies than Clubiona." From article by Jørgen Lissner seen here.

Also there is a hair tuft on the front end of the abdomen in most Clubiona.