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Cheiracanthium, commonly called yellow sac spiders, is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Cheiracanthiidae, and was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1839. [4] They are usually pale in colour, and have an abdomen that can range from yellow to beige.
Cheiracanthium inclusum, alternately known as the black-footed yellow sac spider or the American yellow sac spider (in order to distinguish it from its European cousin C. punctorium), was formerly classified as a true sac spider (of the family Clubionidae), and then placed in the family Miturgidae, but now belongs to family Cheiracanthiidae. [1]
Cheiracanthiidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Vladimir Wagner in 1887. [1] The synonym Eutichuridae was used for a long time, but Cheiracanthiidae has priority. [1]
C. inclusum (Hentz, 1847) — North America, Central America, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to Réunion Introduced to Réunion C. incomptum (Thorell, 1891) — India (Nicobar Is.)
The females are well known for their distinctive black and red coloring and for the fact that they will occasionally eat their mates after reproduction. The species is native to North America. The venom can cause pain and other symptoms, but is rarely fatal to healthy humans. [2]
Cheiracanthium erraticum, the two-clawed hunting spider, [2] is a species of Palearctic spider of the family Cheiracanthiidae. [1] Description.
Every so often we hear horrifying stories of modern day cannibalism. In 2012, a naked man attacked and ate the face of a homeless man in Miami.That same year, a Brazilian trio killed a woman and ...
Cheiracanthium mildei is a species of spider from the family Cheiracanthiidae. C. mildei is commonly known as the northern yellow sac spider , a name it partially shares with many other spiders of its genus. [ 2 ]