Cheiracanthiidae

Cheiracanthiidae
Cheiracanthium danieli
Female Cheiramonia florisbadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887
Diversity
15 genera, c. 360 species
Synonyms [1]
Eutichuridae Lehtinen, 1967

Cheiracanthiidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Vladimir Wagner in 1887. ^[1] The synonym Eutichuridae was used for a long time, but Cheiracanthiidae has priority. ^[1]

The largest genus currently recognized as belonging to this family is Cheiracanthium , which has previously been placed in both the Clubionidae and the Miturgidae.

Taxonomy

It was recognized as a synonym of "Eutichuridae" in 2009, ^[2] but was in danger of becoming obsolete until it was resurrected in 2011. ^[3]

The group was originally described as the subfamily Eutichurinae of the family Miturgidae by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. The monophyly of the group is described as "reasonably uncontroversial", but it has been placed in either the Miturgidae or the Clubionidae. An analysis by Martín J. Ramírez in 2014 suggested that it was better considered as a separate family. ^[4]

Genera

• 
  female Cheiracanthium furculatum
• 
  male Cheiramiona krugerensis
• 
  female Strotarchus piscatorius

As of October 2025 ^[update] , this family includes fifteen genera: ^[1]

• Calamoneta Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Australia
• Calamopus Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia, Thailand
• Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 – Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania. Introduced to Réunion, Argentina
• Cheiraignotum Urones, 2024 – Algeria, Europe
• Cheiramiona Lotz & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 1999 – Africa
• Ericaella Bonaldo, 1994 – Panama, Brazil, Colombia, Peru
• Eutichurus Simon, 1897 – India, Central America, South America
• Fijimoneta Raven & Hebron, 2024 – Oceania
• Lessertina Lawrence, 1942 – South Africa
• Macerio Simon, 1897 – Argentina, Chile
• Radulphius Keyserling, 1891 – Brazil
• Sinocanthium Yu & Li, 2020 – China
• Strotarchus Simon, 1888 – Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Brazil, Peru, United States, Pakistan
• Summacanthium Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 – Indonesia
• Tecution Benoit, 1977 – St. Helena

References

1. "Family: Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-06.
2. Ono, H. (2009). The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa.
3. Marusik, Y. M.; Kovblyuk, M. M. (2011). Spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Siberia and Russian Far East. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow.
4. Ramírez, Martín J. (2014). "The morphology and phylogeny of dionychan spiders (Araneae, Araneomorphae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 390: 340–341. doi:10.1206/821.1. hdl: 2246/6537 . S2CID   86146467.