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Cheiracanthium falcatum
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cheiracanthium falcatum, commonly known in Mandarin Chinese as "長腿紅螯蛛" or Sickle-shaped red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider endemic to Taiwan. [1]
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Description
C. falcatum are yellowish brown in color, with a long, slender body and brown maxilla and chelicerae. [1] They lack a thoracic furrow. They are distinguished from similar species by a posterior epigyneal depression, copulatory duct coils in three spirals leading downward to the spermatheca in the female vulva, and a finger-like tibial apophysis and long sickle-shaped cymbial spur in the pedipalps of males. They most resemble C. ningmingense but may be distinguished by their thicker tibial apophysis in the male palpus.
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Distribution
C. falcatum are endemic to Taiwan and widely distributed at elevations between 200m and 800m.[1]
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