Cheiracanthium gratum Kulczyński, 1897
Description
Male
Prosoma uniformly pale yellow. Sternum pale yellow. Chelicerae pale yellow, pro- and retromargin with 2 small teeth. Legs pale yellow, slightly darker distally. Opisthosoma pale yellow to yellow-green with dark yellow cardiac mark.
Body length male: 5.6-6.5 mmFemale
Colouration as in males.
Body length female: 6.7-7 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2021)
Pedipalp with tibia, patella and femur, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 2021)
Chelicera, aboral view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Vulva, ventral view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Vulva, frontal view
(Merkens & Wunderlich 2000)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 
Chyzer C, Kulczyński W (1897) Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, pp. 147-366, pl. 6-10.
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (2021) On the gratum species group of the genus Cheiracanthium C.L. Koch, 1839 (Aranei: Cheiracanthidae), with a description of a new species. Arthropoda Selecta 30: 239-244
Merkens S, Wunderlich J (2000) Zwei für Deutschland neue Spinnenarten (Araneae): Enoplognatha serratosignata (L. Koch) (Theridiidae) und Cheiracanthium gratum Kulczynski (Clubionidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 19: 41-48
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Ponomarev A V, Khnykin A S (2013) Spiders (Aranei) of Volgograd sity and its environs. The South of Russia: Ecology, Development 2013(4): 109-136
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2