Nearctic States & Provinces: QC CA CO NH OH PA SC WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/23374
Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864
FAMILY: MITURGIDAE Simon, 1885
Genus: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839
Species: Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page complete and awaiting review)
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
Global Distribution: Holarctic, Argentina
Nearctic States & Provinces:
QC CA CO NH OH PA SC WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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.
Recorded Habitats:
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.
Life & Natural History:
Adults collected in May and June and sometimes into late winter if in warm, human habitations.
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Adams, Tom
Details About Males
Description:
Carapace orange-yellow. Chelicerae dark orange. Legs and abdomen yellow, the latter with indistinct heart mark.
Male Dimensions:
A+B = 6.75 mm
A = 3.24 mm
C = 2.43 mm
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
Colour and structure as in male.
Female Dimensions:
A+B = 6.75 mm
A = (not recorded)
C = 3.36 mm
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
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†
| Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch 1864 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch 1866 |
| Cheiracanthium anceps O. P.-Cambridge 1872 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Chyzer & Kulczynski 1897 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Simon 1897 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Kulczynski 1901 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Simon 1932 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Bryant 1952 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Edwards 1958 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Kaston 1977 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Dondale & Redner 1982 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Barrientos & Urones 1985 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Sterghiu 1985 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Wegner 1994 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Mcheidze 1997 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei El-Hennawy 2001 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Cheiracanthium mildei Thaler 2005 |
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 accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/MITURGIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839‡‡
C. erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Palearctic
C. inclusum (Hentz, 1847) ...............New World, Africa, Réunion
C. montanum L. Koch, 1877 ...............Palearctic
C. pelasgicum (C. L. Koch, 1837) ...............Palearctic
C. pennyi O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 ...............Palearctic
C. virescens (Sundevall, 1833) ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution
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: 12/4/2008 2:52:25 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
Text Last Modified: 2005-08-14T19:55:32Z