Family: Cheiracanthiidae

Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: Chiracanthium is an unjustified emendation; transferred from the Clubionidae to the Miturgidae by Ramírez, Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1997: 45 and to the Eutichuridae (= Cheiracanthiidae) by Ramírez, 2014: 341; re-transfer to Clubionidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; considered a senior synonym of Chiracanthops Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 415 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05082] (type C. mandibularis Mello-Leitão, 1942 = Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847)) by Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1992: 732 (synonymy not accepted by Wunderlich, 2012b: 185) and of Helebiona Benoit, 1977e: 79 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02100] (type H. wilma Benoit, 1977; the spelling Helenebiona in Brignoli, 1983c: 552 is a lapsus); Helebiona was transferred from the Clubionidae to the Miturgidae by Ramírez, Bonaldo & Brescovit, 1997: 45); considered a senior synonmy of Eutittha Thorell, 1878b 178 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04660] (type E. insulana Thorell, 1878) by Simon, 1897a: 79, 87 and confirmed by Raven & Hebron, 2024: 84 (rejecting the validation by Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1296); Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1305 ff. discuss the other species once placed in Eutittha.

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Last updated: 2025-11-08

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 231

SYNONYM: 53

NOMEN DUBIUM: 22

HOMONYM: 2

Taxonomic Reference
Original description C. L. Koch, 1839a: vol. 6: 9 type Aranea punctoria Villers, 1789; gender neuter
Reference

Koch, C. L. (1839a). Die Arachniden. Sechster Band. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, pp. 1-156, pl. 181-216 (f. 432-540). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[incl. v. 7/1839-1840; for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-09-25 Genus synonymy Raven & Hebron, 2024 Eutittha synonymized with Cheiracanthium
2024-09-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-05-09 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-05-09 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-01-15 Nota bene edited Old value
2020-10-29 Nota bene edited Old value
2020-10-29 Nota bene edited Old value
2020-09-30 Genus synonymy Simon, 1897a Eutittha synonymized with Cheiracanthium
2020-06-04 Nota bene edited Old value
2016-10-05 Nota bene edited Old value
2014-07-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2014-07-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2014-07-25 Genus transferred to other family Ramírez, 2014 Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 transferred to Eutichuridae

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