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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 punctorium, one of several species commonly known as the yellow sac spider, is a spider found from central Europe to Central Asia.They reach a length of about 15 mm, and their bite can penetrate human skin; the bite has been compared to a wasp sting, perhaps a bit more severe, although susceptible persons can have stronger reactions, like nausea. [1]
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]
A minority of bites form a necrotizing ulcer that destroys soft tissue and may take months and, on very rare occasions, years to heal, leaving deep scars. The damaged tissue will become black and eventually slough away. Bites occur commonly during dressing as spiders are trapped in the sleeve or pant leg.
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]
There have been documented cases of homes having very large populations of brown recluse spiders for many years without any of the human inhabitants being bitten. For this reason, L. reclusa bites are relatively rare, but, because its range overlaps human habitation, its bite is the cause of loxoscelism in North America. [citation needed]
Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839. C. abbreviatum Simon, 1878 — France, Denmark; C. aculeatum Simon, 1884 — Africa; C. aden Lotz, 2007 — Yemen; C. adjacens O ...
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