Long-legged sac spider
Cheiracanthium (probably inclusum )
The Dornfinger spiders ( Miturgidae ) form with currently 378 species discovered in around 29 genera a family of the Araneae ( spiders ). A particularly well-known representative of the Dornfinger spiders in southern Europe and southern Central Europe is the foster-mother Dornfinger. He is next to Argyroneta aquatica (Water Spider ) is the only spider Germany, whose bite humans can potentially cause discomfort.
Some genera of Miturgidae have recently been described, many have from other families, such as the Clubionidae ( " bag -spinning" ), is transferred. For example, the above asked the family of Miturgidae 1997 genus Cheiracanthium ( " Dornfinger "), which represents the most species-rich of this family with about 195 species. It settles all climates and ecosystems worldwide. Spiders of the genus Cheiracanthium have an otherwise only in a few species - occurring on Kopulationshaltung - as Argyroneta. They copulate by turning to each other their ventral side. The male then crawls head first from the front under the female and inserted the bulbs in the openings of the epigynum.
Genera and species of Miturgidae and their dissemination
After Platnick of the family belong to the following genera:
- Calamoneta (described: Deeleman - Reinhold, 2001), 2 species detected: Sumatra, Java
- Calamopus, Deeleman - Reinhold, 2001, 2 types, Indonesia, Thailand
- Dornfinger ( Cheiracanthium ), CL Koch, 1839, about 195 species worldwide
- Cheiramiona, Lotz & Dippenaar - Schoeman, 1999, South Africa, Congo
- Devendra, Lehtinen, 1967, 3 types, Sri Lanka
- Diaprograpta Striola, Simon, 1909, Australia
- Erica Ella, Bonaldo, 1994, Latin America
- Eutichurus, Simon, 1897, Latin America
- Griswoldia, Dippenaar - Schoeman & Jocque, 1997, South Africa
- Helebiona wilma, Benoit, 1977, St. Helena
- Macerio, Simon, 1897, 6 Arte, South America
- Mituliodon, Raven & Stumkat, 2003, Australia
- Miturga, Thorell, 1870, Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea
- Pacificana ockayni, Hogg, 1904, New Zealand
- Palicanus caudate, Thorell, 1897, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Seychelles
- Parapostenus hewitti, Lessert, 1923, South Africa
- Phanotea, Simon, 1896, South Africa
- Prochora lycosiformis, (OP - Cambridge, 1872), Sicily, Israel
- Radulphius, Keyserling, 1891, Brazil
- Strotarchus, Simon, 1888, India, Mexico, Middle America
- Summacanthium, 2 types, Deeleman - Reinhold, 2001, Sulawesi
- Syrisca, Simon, 1885, South America and Africa
- Syspira, Simon, 1895, Middle and Southern North America
- Systaria, Simon, 1897, India, Sumatra, New Hebrids, Philippines
- Tamin, Deeleman - Reinhold, 2001, 2 types, Sulawesi and Borneo
- Tecution, Benoit, 1977, St. Helena
- Teminius, Keyserling, 1887, America
- Xantharia, Deeleman - Reinhold, 2001, 2 species, Borneo and Sumatra