Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847)
agrarian sac spider
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FAMILY: MITURGIDAE Simon, 1885 Genus: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 Species: Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847)  |
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General Comments: The bite can produce local pain, nausea, and severe muscular discomfort lasting several hours in the affected bite area.
Common Names
Family Common Name:
prowling spiders
Genus Common Name:
longlegged sac spiders
Species Common Name:
agrarian sac spider
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: New World, Africa, Réunion
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
CO CT OK PA SC TX UT
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Seasonality
Specimen Search
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† (not yet recorded or unknown)
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): Foliage of low-growing plants including cultivated crops, houses, leaf litter in moist forests.
Life & Natural History: Courtship consists of the male's drumming of the female's silken retreat with his legs and cutting the threads until he touches and entices her out of her retreat. Eggs sacs consist of dense layers of silk and are found in curled leaves or in the crotches formed between leaf petioles and stems. Females remain with eggs until hatching. Adults of both sexes collected April to November.
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: Carapace yellow-orange, translucent when alive, darker when preserved. Chelicerae orange-brown. Legs and abdomen yellow, the latter with indistinct heart mark.
Male Dimensions:
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Details About Females
Description: Structure and colour as in male.
Female Dimensions:
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Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1982. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 9. The sac spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1724: 1-194.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
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‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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Page Reference
Shorthouse, David P. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: MITURGIDAE, Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847). In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23333 (Accessed: 1/8/2009 6:11:07 PM).
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