Cheiracanthium elegans Thorell, 1875
Description
Palp male: tibia approximately 1.5 times as long as patella. Cymbium with extended outer margin, tip smaller or equal 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur). Epigynal groove with broad, dark margin. Prosoma length female: 3.0-4.5 mm, prosoma length male: 3.4-4.8 mm. Chelicerae male: with 2 conical humps basally on inner margins.
Body length male: 8.3-9 mmBody length female: 7.35-12 mm
Additional information
In open, dry terrain in herbaceous and bush layer
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp
(Pesarini 1997)
Pedipalp
(Urones 1988a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral-ventral view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Epigyne
(Sterghiu 1985)
Epigyne
(Urones 1988a)
Epigyne
(Helsdingen et al. 2018)
Vulva, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wolf unpubl.)
Vulva
(Reimoser 1937)
Vulva
(Urones 1988a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Vulva, ventral view
(Sterghiu 1985)
Vulva
(Helsdingen et al. 2018)
Habitus
(Sterghiu 1985)
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Wolf A (unpubl.)
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