Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Strotarchus was previously placed in Miturgidae and was transferred to the new family Eutichuridae by Ramírez, 2014.
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Transferred to family Miturgidae from the Clubionidae by Lehtinen 1967.
Explanation of Names
Simon, 1888
Strotarchus is the Lesbian-Boeotian dialect form of a Greek masculine noun that means "general; commander of an army."
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3 species in BugGuide's range (North America north of Mexico)
Identification
Strotarchus piscatorius: anterior median eyes (AME) largest, and with high clypeus (at least 2/3 the diameter of the AME). Male pedipalp is very elongated.
Strotarchus planeticus: anterior median eyes (AME) considerably smaller than those of S. piscatorius.
BugGuide photos of Strotarchus species show a much browner color palette than Cheiracanthium species.
Range
S. beepbeep: Arizona
S. piscatorius: Along the eastern coast, from Massachusetts to Florida.
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S. planeticus: Texas to Arizona.
(3) Print References
BONALDO, ALEXANDRE B., REGIANE SATURNINO, MARTÍN J. RAMÍREZ, & ANTONIO D. BRESCOVIT. 2012. A revision of the American spider genus
Strotarchus Simon, 1888 (Araneae: Dionycha, Systariinae). Zootaxa 3363: 1–37. (
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Edwards, R. J., 1958. The spider subfamily Clubioninae of the United States, Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Clubionidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 118: 365-436. (
Full text here;
Strotarchus on page 373-375)
Kaston, B. J., 1938a. Notes on little known New England spiders. Canad. Ent. 70: 12-17.
Kaston, B. J., 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Internet References
World Spider Catalog (2014). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 15.5, accessed on 11/11/2014
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