Cheiracanthium furculatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Entelegynae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae

Familia: Miturgidae
Subfamilia: Eutichurinae
Genus: Cheiracanthium
Species: Cheiracanthium furculatum

Name

Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879: 342

Type locality: Gabon, Chinchoxo [= Chinchoua], West Africa [00°02’N, 09°47’E]

Holotype: ZMHB. male ♂. legit Falkenstein. ZMHB 2962.

Synonymy

Cheiracanthium geniculosum Simon, 1886: 380 (synonymized by Lotz, 2007: 21)
- Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Faradje I., [03°44’N, 29°43’E?]
  - Syntypes: MHNG. 2 males ♂.
Cheiracanthium abyssinicum Strand, 1906: 633 (synonymized by Lotz, 2007: 21)
- Type locality:
  - Syntypes lost during World War II (NHMS).
Cheiracanthium melanostoma (Simon) Simon, 1910: 346 [preoccupied by Thorell, 1895] (synonymized by Lotz, 2007: 21)
- Type locality: Equatorial Guinea, Bahia S. Carlos, Is. Fernando Poo [Bioko Island, 03° 27’ N/08° 36’ E].
  - Holotype: MCSNG. female ♀.
Cheiracanthium kiwunum Strand, 1916: 83 (synonymized by Lotz, 2007: 21)
- Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kwidschwi Island, Lake Kiwu [02°10’S, 29°01’E].
  - ZMHB. male ♂. IX.1907. Exp. Hertzog Mecklenburg.
Cheiracanthium mohasicum Strand, 1916: 85 (synonymized by Lotz, 2007: 21)
- Type locality: Rwanda, Lake Mohasi [01°44’S, 30°20’E]
  - ZMHB. female ♀. VII.1907. legit Schuboltz. ZMHB 27265.
Cheiracanthium hoggi Lessert, 1921: 409 (synonymized by Lotz, 2007: 21)
- Type locality: Tanzania, Kibonoto [Kibognoto/Kibongoto (different spellings for the same place), Kilimanjaro, 03°12’S, 37°07’E]
  - Syntypes: MHNG. 4 males ♂. legit Sjöstedt.
Cheiracanthium inornatum (Lawrence) Lawrence, 1927: 43 [preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874]
- Type locality:
Cheiracanthium castum Lawrence, 1927: 44
- Type locality: Angola, Namakunde [previously part of S.W.A./Namibia, now Angola] [17° 19’ S/15° 50’ E].
  - Holotype: SAMC. male ♂. III.1923. legit R.F. Lawrence. SAMC B6279.
Cheiracanthium melanostomellum Roewer, 1951: 444 [replacement name for C. melanostoma Simon, 1910]
- Type locality: Namibia, Kunene River [exact co-ordinates unknown].
  - Syntypes: SAMC. 1 female ♀ and 1 male ♂. III.1923. legit R.F. Lawrence. SAMC B6156.
Cheiracanthium lawrencei Roewer, 1951: 447 [replacement name for C. inornatum Lawrence, 1927]
Cheiracanthium melanostomellum caboverdense Schmidt & Piepho, in Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994: 107
- Type locality: Cape Verde Islands, Maio Island, uncultivated land at Calheta.
  - Holotype: SMF. male ♂. 23.I.1993. legit Schmidt & Piepho.

References

Primary references

Karsch, F. 1879. West-afrikanische Arachniden, gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Falkenstein. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 52: 329–373. [original description: p. 342]