🦋 Family

Cheiracanthiidae

5 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Araneae › Cheiracanthiidae

Cheiracanthium punctorium, a yellow sac spider from central Europe to Central Asia, has a bite that can affect humans and is spreading in Germany.

Cheiracanthium mildei is a spider species native to Eurasia and North Africa, introduced to the Americas, with generally mild bites to humans.

Cheiracanthium inclusum, also called yellow sac or black-footed spider, is a New World species introduced to Africa and Réunion.

Cheiracanthium erraticum is a distinctively marked Palearctic spider found in open low vegetation habitats.

Strotarchus piscatorius is a true spider species in Cheiracanthiidae found in the USA and Mexico.

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Salticidae 299 species Araneidae 234 species Theridiidae 85 species Theraphosidae 64 species Lycosidae 63 species Thomisidae 56 species Tetragnathidae 38 species Pisauridae 30 species

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