Cheiracanthiidae: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839

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Opisthosoma dorsally yellow-brown with a red-brown longitudinal median band or pattern which can be seamed with light yellow (colour can be faded in old preserved specimens)

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- Opisthosoma dorsally also yellow-brown or yellow-green to grey-green but without pattern or only with a grey cardiac mark respectively

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Longitudinal band not reaching beyond anterior half of opisthosoma; male chelicerae strongly outwardly bulged distally and the inner side indented; tibia of male pedipalp approx. twice as long as patella; cymbial spur little bit smaller than cymbium; bulbus with ± roundish shape in ventral view; vulva: entrance ducts with wide lumen and approx. two times twisted around receptaculum seminis

Cheiracanthium oncognathum Thorell, 1871

- Longitudinal band reaching spinnerets

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Outer cymbial margin of male pedipalp widened and laterally recognisable as protrusion above bulbus; cymbial spur tapering and with pointed ending; bulbus longer than wide in ventral view; entrance ducts of vulva distinctly twisted around anterior parts of receptacula seminis

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Outer cymbial margin of male pedipalp not widened, not forming a protrusion above bulbus; cymbial spur less tapering with blunt tip; cymbial tip > 1/3 of cymbium (without spur); bulbus ± round in ventral view; tibial apophysis with equally long branches; entrance ducts of vulva twisted around receptaculum seminis at tip

Cheiracanthium pennyi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873

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Male pedipalp: cymbial tip < 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); cymbial spur hardly reaching beyond 1/2 of tibia; entrance ducts of vulva coiled

Cheiracanthium erraticum (Walckenaer, 1802)

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Male pedipalp: cymbial tip > 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); cymbial spur reaching distinctly beyond 1/2 of tibia; entrance ducts of vulva forming a single arc

Cheiracanthium montanum L. Koch, 1877

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Male pedipalp with 2 equally long tibial apophysis; epigyne without epigynal groove

Cheiracanthium mildei L. Koch, 1864

- Male pedipalp with only one distinctly developed tibial apophysis; epigynal groove present, anterior margin with dark sclerotised arc

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Male chelicerae outwardly bulged distally and inner side indented; cymbial spur at least as long as pedipalp tibia; length of pedipalp tibia approx. 4 times length of patella; vulva: receptaculum seminis long, approx. parallel to longitudinal axis of body; entrance ducts with wide lumen, twisted approx. three times around receptaculum seminis

Cheiracanthium effossum Herman, 1879

- Male chelicerae distally diverging or parallel; cymbial spur < pedipalp tibia; vulva: receptaculum seminis sloped with respect to longitudinal axis of body; entrance ducts with narrow lumen

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Male chelicerae with 2 conical humps basally on inner margins; cymbial tip smaller or equal 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin extended; length of male pedipalp tibia approx. 1.5 times length of patella; epigynal groove with broad, dark margin

Cheiracanthium elegans Thorell, 1875

- Male chelicerae without conical humps basally on inner margins; epigynal groove without or only with narrow, dark margin

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Tibial apophysis with equally long branches; cymbial tip > 1/3 of cymbium (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin not forming a protrusion above bulbus; male chelicerae diverging distally; receptaculum seminis medially constricted; entrance ducts distant

Cheiracanthium punctorium (Villers, 1789)

- Outer branch of tibial apophysis longer than inner branch; male chelicerae somewhat diverging; receptaculum seminis medially bent at an angle, anteriorly narrowed; entrance ducts close together

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Cymbial tip approx. 1/3 of cymbium length (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin somewhat extended, forms only a small protrusion above bulbus in lateral view; male chelicerae as fig.; entrance ducts twisted approx. 2.5 times around receptaculum seminis

Cheiracanthium virescens (Sundevall, 1833)

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Cymbial tip approx. 1/4 of cymbium length (without cymbial spur); outer cymbial margin distinctly extended and forms a robust process laterally above bulbus; entrance ducts twisted approx. 3.5 times around receptaculum seminis

Cheiracanthium campestre Lohmander, 1944

Further taxa

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1. Cheiracanthium abbreviatum Simon, 1878

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2. Cheiracanthium angulitarse Simon, 1878

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3. Cheiracanthium annulipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872

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4. Cheiracanthium auenati Caporiacco, 1936

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5. Cheiracanthium barbarum (Lucas, 1846)

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6. Cheiracanthium canariense Wunderlich, 1987

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7. Cheiracanthium equestre O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874

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8. Cheiracanthium exilipes (Lucas, 1846)

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9. Cheiracanthium fulvotestaceum Simon, 1878

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10. Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879

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11. Cheiracanthium gratum Kulczyński, 1897

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12. Cheiracanthium ienisteai Sterghiu, 1985

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13. Cheiracanthium ilicis Morano & Bonal, 2016

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14. Cheiracanthium inclusum (Hentz, 1847)

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15. Cheiracanthium isiacum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874

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16. Cheiracanthium jovium Denis, 1947

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17. Cheiracanthium macedonicum Drensky, 1921

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18. Cheiracanthium margaritae Sterghiu, 1985

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19. Cheiracanthium occidentale L. Koch, 1882

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20. Cheiracanthium pelasgicum (C. L. Koch, 1837)

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21. Cheiracanthium pennatum Simon, 1878

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22. Cheiracanthium salsicola Simon, 1932

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23. Cheiracanthium seidlitzi L. Koch, 1864

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24. Cheiracanthium siwi El-Hennawy, 2001

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25. Cheiracanthium striolatum Simon, 1878