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Cheiracanthium furculatum

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Cheiracanthium furculatum
Long-legged sac spider Cheiracanthium furculatum in its silk sac retreat, Pretoria, South Africa. It would emerge after dark to hunt. Entering of houses associated with onset of summer.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Cheiracanthium
Species:
C. furculatum
Binomial name
Cheiracanthium furculatum
Karsch, 1879

Cheiracanthium furculatum is a spider species found in the Cape Verde Islands, mainland Africa, and the Comoro Islands. It has also been introduced into Belgium.

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"Cheiracanthium furculatum" at the Encyclopedia of Life Edit this at Wikidata