World Spider Catalog

Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: Eutichuridae elevated to family status and relimited by Ramírez, 2014: 340; firstly mentioned as Eutichureae Kishida, 1936d: 37, so Eutichurinae Lehtinen, 1967: 312 is a synonym. Eutichuridae synonymyzed with Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887 (syn. Chiracanthiidae Ono, 2009a: 464) by Ono & Ogata, 2018: 611, contra Ramírez, 2014: 341. The original spelling Cheiracantidae by Wagner, 1887: 105 needs to be emended according to ICZN Art. 32.5.3.1. (correction of the suffix from -dae to -idae) and Art. 32.5.3.3 (correction of the stem from Cheiracanti- to Cheiracanthi-); the correct, available spelling according to ICZN Art. 11.7.1.3 therefore is Cheiracanthiidae, which according to ICZN Art. 55.4. is not a homonym of the family group name Cheiracanthidae in use in other animal groups. Wagner's name had been in disuse and at some point could have qualified as a nomen oblitum; however, since the resurrection of the name by Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 126, the name has been widely used in the arachnological literature that a retroactive reversal of precedence according to ICZN Art. 23.9. is no longer possible, as the condition of Art. 23.9.1.1. (no use as a valid name after 1899) is no longer fulfilled.

Gen. Eutittha Thorell, 1878 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04660

N.B.: removed from synonymy with Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 by Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1296, rejecting Simon, 1897a: 79, 87; Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1305 ff. discuss the other species once placed in Eutittha, see Cheiracanthium.

In synonymy:

Eutittha diversa (L. Koch, 1873) = Eutittha mordax L. Koch, 1866 (Dondale, 1966: 1178, sub Chiracanthium)

Eutittha gilva (L. Koch, 1873) = Eutittha mordax L. Koch, 1866 (Dondale, 1966: 1178, sub Chiracanthium)

Eutittha brevicalcarata (L. Koch, 1873) | | Indonesia (Lombok), Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023281

Cheiracanthium brevicalcaratum L. Koch, 1873: 405, pl. 31, f. 6-7 (Dmf) Original description

Cheiracanthium brevicalcaratum Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001: 231, f. 282-285 (mf)

Eutittha brevicalcarata Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1300 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha excavata (Rainbow, 1920) | | Australia (Norfolk Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023307

Cheiracanthium excavatum Rainbow, 1920b: 256, pl. 30, f. 75-78 (Df) Original description

Eutittha excavata Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1300 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha hainanensis Li & Zhang, 2024 | | China (Hainan) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059917

Eutittha hainanensis Li & Zhang, 2024a: 184, f. 8a-c (Df) Original description

Eutittha insulana Thorell, 1878 | | Indonesia (Moluccas: Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023338

Eutittha insulana Thorell, 1878b: 179 (Df) Original description

Cheiracanthium insulanum Simon, 1897a: 79 (T from Eutittha)

Cheiracanthium insulanum Marusik, Omelko & Simmons, 2020: 346, f. 21-23, 24a (f)

Eutittha insulana Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1299, f. 1a-c, 2b (f, T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha lanceolata (Chrysanthus, 1967) | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023351

Cheiracanthium lanceolatum Chrysanthus, 1967a: 407, f. 6-8 (Df) Original description

Eutittha lanceolata Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1301 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha lompobattangi (Merian, 1911) | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023358

Cheiracanthium lompobattangi Merian, 1911: 281, f. D1, E1 (Dm) Original description

Eutittha lompobattangi Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1301 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha marplesi (Chrysanthus, 1967) | | Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023366

Cheiracanthium marplesi Chrysanthus, 1967a: 403, f. 1-3, 9-10 (Dmf) Original description

Eutittha marplesi Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1302 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha mordax (L. Koch, 1866) | | Australia, New Hebrides, Samoa, Solomon Is., Tonga?, French Polynesia? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023381

Cheiracanthium mordax L. Koch, 1866: 262, pl. 11, f. 167 (Dm) Original description

Cheiracanthium mordax L. Koch, 1873: 403, pl. 31, f. 5 (m)

Cheiracanthium diversum L. Koch, 1873: 396, pl. 32, f. 2 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059918]

Cheiracanthium gilvum L. Koch, 1873: 410, pl. 32, f. 5-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059919]

Cheiracanthium diversum Marples, 1959a: 364, f. 1 (Df)

Cheiracanthium mordax Main, 1964: 76, f. A-F (m)

Chiracanthium mordax Dondale, 1966: 1178, f. 6F-J (mf, S of Cheiracanthium diversum and C. gilvum)

Cheiracanthium mordax Dierkens & Ramage, 2016: 140, f. 12-14 (mf)

Eutittha mordax Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1302, f. 2a (f, T from Cheiracanthium)

Cheiracanthium mordax Hidaka, 2022c: 173, f. 15-16 (f)

Eutittha stratiotica (L. Koch, 1873) | | Australia (Victoria, Tasmania), New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023436

Cheiracanthium stratioticum L. Koch, 1873: 408, pl. 32, f. 3-4 (Dmf) Original description

Cheiracanthium stratioticum Hickman, 1967: 94, f. 161-162 (mf)

Cheiracanthium stratioticum Forster, 1979: 92, f. 23, 352-356 (mf)

Cheiracanthium stratioticum Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 89, f. 54.1-4 (mf)

Eutittha stratiotica Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1303 (T from Cheiracanthium)

Eutittha submordax (Zhang, Zhu & Hu, 1993) | | China, Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023439

Cheiracanthium japonicum Hu, 1979: 67, f. 8A-D (m; misidentified per Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1304)

Cheiracanthium virescens Hu, 1979: 66, f. 7A-D (f; misidentified per Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1304)

Cheiracanthium submordax Zhang, Zhu & Hu, 1993: 106, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Cheiracanthium submordax Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 414, f. 242O-P, 244C-D (mf)

Cheiracanthium submordax Ono, 2009a: 465, f. 17-20 (mf)

Cheiracanthium mordax Chen & Huang, 2012: 22, f. 6A-F (mf, S of Cheiracanthium submordax; rejected by Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1304)

Cheiracanthium japonicum Yin et al., 2012: 1050, f. 546d-f (m; misidentified per Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1304)

Eutittha submordax Esyunin & Zamani, 2020: 1304 (removed from S of Cheiracanthium mordax, rejecting Chen & Huang, 2012: 22, T from Cheiracanthium)