Taxon details

Family: Cheiracanthiidae / Genus: Cheiracanthium

Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-12-30
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023316]
  • Distribution: Cape Verde, Africa, Madagascar, Comoros
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material of Cheiracanthium abyssinicum Strand, 1906 destroyed 1944 (Renner, 1988b)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019); Cheiracanthium melanostomellum caboverdense Schmidt & Piepho, 1994, 1 m (37999-131)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879, (2962)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Chiracanthicum kiwunum Strand, 1916, (27227–28; incl. paratype)
  • Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Chiracanthium mohasicum Strand, 1915, (27265)
Taxonomic references
Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879a: 342 (Dm).
Cheiracanthium geniculosum Simon, 1886g: 380 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023317].
Cheiracanthium abyssinicum Strand, 1906b: 633 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023263].
Cheiracanthium melanostoma Simon, 1909f: 346, f. 5 (Dmf; preoccupied by Thorell, 1895, see Cheiracanthium melanostomum).
Cheiracanthium kiwunum Strand, 1916c: 83 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023348].
Cheiracanthium mohasicum Strand, 1916c: 85 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023376].
Cheiracanthium hoggi Lessert, 1921: 409, f. 39-40 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023325].
Cheiracanthium inornatum Lawrence, 1927: 43, pl. 2, f. 31-32, pl. 3, f. 69 (Dmf; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874, see Cheiracanthium inornatum).
Cheiracanthium castum Lawrence, 1927: 44, pl. 3, f. 70 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023287].
Cheiracanthium melanostomellum Roewer, 1951: 444 (replacement name for C. melanostoma Simon) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023368].
Cheiracanthium lawrencei Roewer, 1951: 447 (replacement name for C. inornatum Lawrence) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023353].
Cheiracanthium melanostomellum caboverdense Schmidt & Piepho, in Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994: 107, f. 20 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023369].
Cheiracanthium furculatum Schmidt & Krause, 1995c: 366, f. 11 (Df).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Lotz, 2007a: 21, f. 33-40 (mf, S of Cheiracanthium abyssinicum, C. castum, C. geniculosum, C. hoggi, C. kiwunum, C. lawrencei, C. melanostomellum, C. melanostomellum caboverdense and C. mohasicum).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Bosselaers, 2013: 22, f. 1A-C, 2A-E (f).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Bayer, 2014a: 20, f. 1a-c, 2a-d, 3a-g, 4a-e (mf).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Rozwałka, Rutkowski & Bielak-Bielecki, 2017: 61, f. 1d-e (mf).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Dippenaar-Schoeman, Lotz & Bird, 2021: 8, f. 1-6, 8, 10 (mf).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021d: 12, p. 5: 3 f., p. 12: 7 f., p. 13: 3 f., p. 14: 5 f. (mf).
Cheiracanthium furculatum Urones, 2023: 26, f. 8A-D (mf).
References

Bayer, S. (2014a). Miscellaneous notes on European and African Cheiracanthium species (Araneae: Miturgidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 47: 19-34. doi:10.5431/aramit4704 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bosselaers, J. (2013). An alien in the grapes: a potentially agressive African spider imported into Belgium. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28: 22-28. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Lotz, L. N. & Bird, T. L. (2021). A review of the spider species Cheiracanthium furculatum (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae). SANSA Newsletter 39(Supplement): 8-13. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Karsch, F. (1879a). West-afrikanische Arachniden, gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 329-373. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lawrence, R. F. (1927). Contributions to a knowledge of the fauna of South-West Africa V. Arachnida. Annals of the South African Museum 25(1): 1-75, pl. 1-4. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1921). Araignées du Kilimandjaro et du Merou (suite). 4. Clubionidae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 28: 381-442. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1951). Neue Namen einiger Araneen-Arten. Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 32: 437-456. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rozwałka, R., Rutkowski, T. & Bielak-Bielecki, P (2017). New data on introduced and rare synanthropic spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) in Poland (II). Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin-Polonia 71(1, 2016): 59-85. [published in April 2017] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G., Geisthardt, M. & Piepho, F. (1994). Zur Kenntnis der Spinnenfauna der Kapverdischen Inseln (Arachnida: Araneida). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 19: 81-126. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. & Krause, R. H. (1995c). Weitere Spinnen von Cabo Verde (Schluss). Entomologische Zeitschrift 105: 365-377. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886g). Etudes arachnologiques. 18e Mémoire. XXVI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des Arachnides du Sénégal. (Suivi d'une appendice intitulé: Descriptions de plusieurs espèces africaines nouvelles). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 5: 345-396. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1909f). Arachnides recueillis par L. Fea sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 2e partie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 44: 335-449. [year corrected from 1910 to 1909, see pp. 337, 353, 369, etc.; following Bonnet, contra Roewer] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1906b). Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 30: 604-637, 655-690. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1916c). Zentralafrikanische Clubioniden. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral Afrika Expedition 1907-1908, unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzogs zu Mecklenburg. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 81(A11): 79-98. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Urones, C. (2023). Cheiracanthium C.L. Koch, 1839 (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae) ibéricos y de la región Paleártico-occidental. 1. Novedades sobre Ch. mildei L. Koch, 1864 y Ch. ilicis Morano & Bonal, 2016. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 43: 9-29. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-12-30 New taxonomic reference entry Urones, 2023 n/a
2022-06-27 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021d n/a
2021-11-12 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman, Lotz & Bird, 2021 n/a
2017-04-04 New taxonomic reference entry Rozwałka, Rutkowski & Bielak-Bielecki, 2017 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 Species distribution update Bayer, 2014a n/a (Old value)