Black-faced Sac Spider
The chelicerae and ocular area of the males and females of this species are black. However, the male palps are smaller than those of C. insigne, and show a different structure under a microscope.
Length | ♀ 6–8; ♂ 7–8 mm. |
Habitat | Foliage in open habitat such as parkland, overgrown field, and edges of mangroves. |
Type Locality | Northeast of Islamabad, Pakistan. |
Distribution | China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Holotype
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; ♀ (not found) (Marusik, Omelko & Simmons, 2020)
Paralectotype(s)
Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; 2♂ (6, B378, v20; 32) of Cheiracanthium adjacens (Marusik, Omelko & Simmons, 2020)
Cheiracanthium adjacens (♂ only; misidentified per Marusik, Omelko & Simmons, 2020: 341)
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885b Araneidea. In: Scientific results of the second Yarkand mission; based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka, Ph. D: 24, pl. 2, f. 17 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119960
Cheiracanthium approximatum (species inquirenda)
Zhang, Yu & Li, 2020 New cheiracanthiid spiders from Xishuangbanna rainforest, southwestern China (Araneae, Cheiracanthiidae): 64 doi:10.3897/zookeys.940.51802
Cheiracanthium approximatum (♂♀, Synonym of Chiracanthium adjacensoides = paradjacens, removed from Synonym of C. insulanum, contra Chen & Huang, 2004: 56; Synonym of )
Marusik, Omelko & Simmons, 2020 Redescription of two west Himalayan Cheiracanthium (Aranei: Cheiracanthiidae): 341, f. 1, 2a-c,e, 4-7, 9-12, 25-31 doi:10.15298/arthsel.29.3.07
China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore.