Cheiracanthium insulanum

Cheiracanthium insulanum, commonly known in Mandarin Chinese as "島嶼紅螯蛛" or Island red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider found throughout Southeast Asia.^[1] It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.^[2]

Cheiracanthium insulanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Cheiracanthiidae
Genus:	Cheiracanthium
Species:	C. insulanum
Binomial name
Cheiracanthium insulanum Thorell, 1878

Description

C. insulanum are pale yellow in color, with dark brown maxilla and dark brown palpal tarsi. They also have remarkably dark, drooping chelicerae, which helps distinguish them from similar species.^[1] Their abdomen is slender, with a pale grayish cardiac pattern on the back.

Distribution

C. insulanum are found in China, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Taiwan.^[1] In Taiwan, they can be found at low elevations between 200m and 800m.