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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cheiracanthiidae » Longlegged Sac Spiders (Cheiracanthium) » Cheiracanthium inclusum

Species Cheiracanthium inclusum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Spider BG454 - Cheiracanthium inclusum - female

Cheiracanthium inclusum? - Cheiracanthium inclusum

Trachelas in nest - Cheiracanthium inclusum

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Cheiracanthiidae

Genus Cheiracanthium (Longlegged Sac Spiders)

Species inclusum (Cheiracanthium inclusum)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Cheiracanthium was previously placed in Miturgidae and was transferred to the new family Eutichuridae by Ramírez, 2014.(1)(2)

This genus was transferred to family Miturgidae from the family Clubionidae by Ramírez, Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1997.

Explanation of Names

Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847)

Identification

Epigynum:

Palp:

Habitat

More often found outside.

Remarks

Nocturnal running spiders like Cheiracanthium inclusum, shown here feeding on bollworm eggs, are important nocturnal predators of cotton pests. (Flores, 2009)

See Also

C. mildei epigynum:

Print References

Vetter et al. 2006. VERIFIED BITES BY YELLOW SAC SPIDERS (GENUS CHEIRACANTHIUM) IN THE UNITED STATES AND AUSTRALIA: WHERE IS THE NECROSIS?. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 74(6): 1043-1048. (Abstract)

Internet References

Beneficial Nocturnal Insects Help Combat Pests in Texas - Alfredo Flores, 2009

Works Cited

1.	The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders Ramírez, Martín J. 2014. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.

2.	World Spider Catalog

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 30 September, 2006 - 12:40am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, cheins, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, kschnei, jsloan, Laura P.
Last updated 2 November, 2020 - 11:16am

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