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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 · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Spider BG454 - Cheiracanthium inclusum - female Clubionid? - Cheiracanthium inclusum Yellow spider - Cheiracanthium inclusum spider - Cheiracanthium inclusum - male Yellow Sac Spider - Cheiracanthium inclusum - male Pedipalp, ventral view (slightly off-axis) - Cheiracanthium inclusum - male 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)
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)
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 22 May, 2019 - 6:14am

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