Cheiracanthium insulanum
| Cheiracanthium insulanum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cheiracanthiidae |
| Genus: | Cheiracanthium |
| Species: | C. insulanum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheiracanthium insulanum Thorell, 1878
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Cheiracanthium insulanum, commonly known in Mandarin Chinese as "島嶼紅螯蛛" or Island red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider found throughout Southeast Asia.[1] It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.[2]
Description
[edit]C. insulanum are pale yellow in color, with dark brown maxilla and dark brown palpal tarsi. They also have remarkably dark, drooping chelicerae, which helps distinguish them from similar species.[1] Their abdomen is slender, with a pale grayish cardiac pattern on the back.
Distribution
[edit]C. insulanum are found in China, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan.[1] In Taiwan, they can be found at low elevations between 200m and 800m.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 19-21. ISBN 978-957-752-668-7.
- ^ El-Hennawy, Hisham Kamal El-Din (November 2001). "Catalogue and bibliography of genus Cheiracanthium C.L. Koch, 1839 (Arachnida: Araneida: Miturgidae)". Serket. Vol. 7, no. 4. pp. 114–155.