Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864
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FAMILY: MITURGIDAE Simon, 1885 Genus: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 Species: Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864  |
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General Comments: Bite readily and persistently if handled. The venom may cause local swelling and necrosis of the skin and of underlying fatty tissue and muscles. Healing may take up to 8 weeks.
Common Names
Family Common Name:
prowling spiders
Genus Common Name:
longlegged sac spiders
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution & Point Collections
Global Distribution: Holarctic, Argentina
Nearctic States & Provinces: 
QC CA CO NH OH PA SC WA
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Natural History, Phenology & 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): In Europe, are found in thickets, fencerows, and similar locations but in North America are found almost exclusively in and around houses, especially in the autumn. Specimens occasionally found under stones.
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): mixed deciduous forest foliage; Suburban neighborhood;
Life & Natural History: Adults collected in May and June and sometimes into late winter if in warm, human habitations.
Seasonality of Contributed Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: Carapace orange-yellow. Chelicerae dark orange. Legs and abdomen yellow, the latter with indistinct heart mark.
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Details About Females
Description: Colour and structure as in male.
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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‡
Barrientos, J. A. & M. C. Urones. 1985. La colección de araneidos del Departamento de Zoología de la Universidad de Salamanca, V: arañas clubionoideas y tomisoideas. Boln Asoc. esp. Entomologia 9: 349-366.
Bryant, E. B. 1952. Redescription of Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, s recent spider immigrant from Europe. Psyche, Camb. 58: 120-123.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1872. General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1871: 212-354.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1897. Araneae hungariae. Budapest, 2: 151-366.
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.
Edwards, R. J. 1958. The spider subfamily Clubioninae of the United States, Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Clubionidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 118: 365-436.
El-Hennawy, H. K. 2001. Catalogue and bibliography of genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 (Arachnida: Araneida: Miturgidae). Serket 7: 114-155.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Kaston, B. J. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.
Koch, L. 1866. Die Arachniden-Familie der Drassiden. Nürnberg, Hefte 1-6, pp. 1-304.
Koch, L. 1864. Die europaischen Arten der Arachnidengatung Cheiracanthium. Abh. naturh. Ges. Nürnberg 14[(3)1]: 137-162.
Kulczynski, W. 1901. Arachnoidea in Colonia Erythraea a Dre K. M. Levander collecta. Rozpr. spraw. wydz. mat. przyrod. Akad. umiej. Cracov 41: 1-64.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Simon, E. 1932. Les arachnides de France. Tome VI. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 4e partie. Paris, 6: 773-978.
Simon, E. 1897. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 1-192.
Sterghiu, C. 1985. Fam. Clubionidae. In Fauna Republicii Socialiste România: Arachnida, Volumul V, Fascicula 4. Academia Republicii Socialiste România, Bucharest.
Thaler, K. 2005. Fragmenta faunistica Tirolensia - XVII (Arachnida: Araneae; Insecta: Psocoptera, Strepsiptera, Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera, Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera: Mycetophiloidea). Veröff. Tiroler Landesmus. Ferdinandeum Innsbr. 84: 161-180.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Wegner, G. S. 1994. Sac spiders. Natl. Pest Control Assoc. techn. Release ESPC 039171-039176.
‡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 mildei L. Koch, 1864. In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23374 (Accessed: 10/7/2008 1:34:24 PM).
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