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Genus: Cheiracanthium C. L. Koch, 1839 | Family: Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887

Cheiracanthium wilma (Benoit, 1977)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:023517

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Described:

Distribution: St. Helena

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (Ara.133346) - (Sherwood et al., 2024e)
Paratype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium 1m (Ara.200954) - (Sherwood et al., 2024e)

Taxonomic References

Helebiona wilma Benoit, 1977e: 80, f. 32a-f (Dmf) Original description

Cheiracanthium wilma Lotz, 2007a: 66, f. 129-136 (mf)

Cheiracanthium wilma Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1223, f. 1A-I (mf)

References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1977e). Fam. Clubionidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 64-81. -- Show included taxa

Lotz, L. N. (2007a). The genus Cheiracanthium (Araneae: Miturgidae) in the Afrotropical region. 1. Revision of known species. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 23: 1-76. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Henrard, A., Jocqué, R., Fowler, L., Marusik, Y. M., Maddison, W., Harvey, M. S., Hormiga, G., Rheims, C. A., Piacentini, L. N., Peters, M., Stevens, N., Joshua, D., Scipio-O’Dean, C. J., Ellick, G., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024e). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(9): 1218-1291. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2024-11-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2024e
2015-05-22	Species updated		Old value	Error corrected