Cheiracanthium taiwanicum


Cheiracanthium taiwanicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Cheiracanthium
Species:
C. taiwanicum
Binomial name
Cheiracanthium taiwanicum
Chen, Huang, Chen et Wang, 2006

Cheiracanthium taiwanicum, commonly known in Mandarin Chinese as "台灣紅螯蛛" or Taiwan red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider endemic to Taiwan. [1] The species was discovered in 2006.[2]

Description

C. taiwanicum are pale yellow in color, with broad greenish-brown stripes down their cephalothorax. [1] Their abdomens are slender and marked with white freckles.

Distribution

C. taiwanicum are widely distributed in Taiwan at elevations between 50m and 1200m.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Chen, Shyh-hwang; Huang, Wen-Jean (May 2012). The Spider Fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan Normal University. p. 25-27. ISBN 9789577526687.
  2. ^ "臺灣紅螯蛛 Cheiracanthium taiwanicum | 分類群 | 台灣生物多樣性網絡". www.tbn.org.tw (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2025-05-17.
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