Cheiracanthium furculatum Karsch, 1879
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 3.4 mm.
Body length male: 7.8 mmFemale
Epigyne oval, with a bean-shaped depression containing 2 oval pits. Prosoma length: 4.5 mm.
Body length female: 10.4 mmAdditional information
This species of African origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once but could not establish so far.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Bayer 2014)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bayer 2014)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bayer 2014)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rozwałka et al. 2017a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Sherwood 2025)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Sherwood 2025)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Sherwood 2025)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bosselaers 2013)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bayer 2014)
Epigyne
(Rozwałka et al. 2017a)
Epigyne
(Sherwood 2025)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Bosselaers 2013)
Vulva
(Bayer 2014)
Vulva, postero-dorsal view
(Bayer 2014)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Tarsal claw of leg I
(Bosselaers 2013)
Spinnerets
(Bosselaers 2013)
Distribution List
References
Bayer S (2014) Miscellaneous notes on European and African Cheiracanthium species (Araneae: Miturgidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 47: 19-34 
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Bosselaers J (2013) An alien in the grapes: a potentially agressive African spider imported into Belgium. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28: 22-28
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Rozwałka R, Rutkowski T, Bielak-Bielecki P (2017a) New data on introduced and rare synanthropic spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) in Poland (II). Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, Lublin-Polonia 71: 59-85
Sherwood D (2025) Annotated checklist of imported non-native spider (Araneae) taxa recorded in the United Kingdom 1800–2024. Arthropoda Selecta 34: 121-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
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