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Cheiracanthiidae
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Cheiracanthiidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Vladimir Wagner in 1887. The synonym Eutichuridae was used for a long time, but Cheiracanthiidae has priority.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyCheiracanthiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 15
- Family
- Cheiracanthiidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, PSUC, CASC, AM, QM, QVMAG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Cheiracanthiidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon synonym
- Eutichuridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Cheiracanthiidae
- Commons category
- Cheiracanthiidae
- taxon common name
- sabeledderkopper
- taxonomic type
- Cheiracanthium
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Genera
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Cheiracanthiidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Vladimir Wagner in 1887. The synonym Eutichuridae was used for a long time, but Cheiracanthiidae has priority.
The largest genus currently recognized as belonging to this family is Cheiracanthium, which has previously been placed in both the Clubionidae and the Miturgidae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cheiracanthiidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.