Cheiracanthium occidentale L. Koch, 1882
Description
Male
Male unknown.
Female
Epigyne: median depression with an interior margin and is wider than long. Spermathecae relatively small, only 1/3 of the width of the depression. Copulatory openings situated antero-laterally of the depression, sperm ducts make three coils to the elongated spermathecae.
Body length female: 6.5 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2012a)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Van Keer J (2012a) On the spider species described by L. Koch in 1882 from the Balearic Islands (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 43: 5-16 
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
IJland S, Helsdingen P J van (2016) On some spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Basilicata and Calabria, Italy. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 25-44
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2