Cheiracanthium torsivum
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| Cheiracanthium torsivum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cheiracanthiidae |
| Genus: | Cheiracanthium |
| Species: | C. torsivum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cheiracanthium torsivum Chen et Huang, 2012 | |
Cheiracanthium torsivum, commonly known in Mandarin Chinese as "旋距紅螯蛛" or Twisted spur red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider endemic to Taiwan. [1]
C. torsivum have a yellowish-brown carapace and yellow abdomen.[1] Their abdomen has a pale grayish brown cardiac pattern. They are distinguished from similar species by the shape of the male's pedipalps; the palpal bulb sports a spiniform apophysis and distally-intorted cymbial spur. Females are distinguished from those of other species by dark, globular markings that can be seen through the tegument of the epigynum.