Taxon details
Cheiracanthium africanum Lessert, 1921
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2023-07-12
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040988]
- Distribution: Africa, Madagascar, Réunion
- External Resources *:
- Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Cheiracanthium tenuipes Roewer, 1961, (13255-131)
- Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019); Cheiracanthium nigropalpatum Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983 (156660)
Cheiracanthium africanum Lessert, 1929: 137, f. 19 (mf).
Cheiracanthium franganilloi Caporiacco, 1949a: 438, f. 72 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023312].
Cheiracanthium tenuipes Roewer, 1961b: 64, f. 21a-c (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023444].
Cheiracanthium nigropalpatum Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983: 357, f. 3 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023388].
Cheiracanthium africanum Lotz, 2007a: 10, f. 9-16 (mf, removed from S of Cheiracanthium inclusum, rejecting Ledoux, 2004a: 187, S of C. franganilloi and C. nigropalpatum, the latter removed from S of C. inclusum, rejecting Ledoux, 2004a: 187).
Cheiracanthium tenuipes Lotz, 2007a: 71 (incertae sedis, probably S of C. africanum - taken as nomen dubium by Platnick).
Cheiracanthium africanum Bayer, 2014a: 25, f. 5a-d (m, S of Cheiracanthium tenuipes, removed from nomen dubium).
Cheiracanthium africanum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021d: 7, p. 7: 6 f., p. 8: 2 f. (mf).
Bayer, S. (2014a). Miscellaneous notes on European and African Cheiracanthium species (Araneae: Miturgidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 47: 19-34. doi:10.5431/aramit4704 
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Caporiacco, L. di (1949a). Aracnidi della colonia del Kenya raccolti da Toschi e Meneghetti negli anni 1944-1946. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 13: 309-492. -- Show included taxa
Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021d). The Cheiracanthiidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 62 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6033586 -- Show included taxa
Lessert, R. de (1921). Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 4. Clubionidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 28: 381-442. -- Show included taxa
Lessert, R. de (1929). Araignées du Congo recueillies au cours de l'expédition organisée par l'American Museum (1909-1915). Troisième partie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 36(1): 103-159. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117628 -- Show included taxa
Lotz, L. N. (2007a). The genus Cheiracanthium (Araneae: Miturgidae) in the Afrotropical region. 1. Revision of known species. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 23: 1-76. -- Show included taxa
Roewer, C. F. (1961b). Opilioniden und Araneen, In Le Parc National de Niokolo-Koba, 2. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 62: 33-81. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. & Jocqué, R. (1983). Spinnen von der Insel Réunion (Araneae). Revue Zoologique Africaine 97(2): 353-364. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-27 | New taxonomic reference entry | Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021d | n/a |
| 2014-09-15 | Species distribution update | Lotz, 2014 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2014-07-14 | New taxonomic reference entry | Bayer, 2014a | n/a |
| 2014-07-14 | New taxonomic reference entry | Roewer, 1961b | n/a |
| 2014-07-14 | Species synonymy | Bayer, 2014a | Cheiracanthium tenuipes synonymized with Cheiracanthium africanum |