Cheiracanthium Koch

Biswas, B. & Majumder, S. C., 1995, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna Of Meghalaya, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya Part 2, Zoological Survey Of India, pp. 93-128 : 103

Genus 11. Cheiracanthium Koch

1839. Cheiracanthium Koch, C. L., Die. Arach. Sechster Band ,: 9.

1981. Cheiracanthium: Tikader & Biswas, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. pap. No. 30: 69.

Type-species Cheiracanthium punctorium Villers.

Distribution All tropical parts of the world.

Key to the species of the genus Cheiracanthium Koch

1. Prominent fovea present at the middle of the cephalothorax.......................... saraswati

Prominent fovea not present at the posterior portion of the carapace.........................2

2. Genital bulb or male pulpus broad anteriorly, membrane of the pulpal organ well developed.............................................................................................................. trivialis Genital bulb or male pulpus narrow anteriorly, membrane of the pulpal organ not well developed........................................................................................................................3

3. Cymbium with long stout spur at its base, extending almost at the middle of the tibia........................................................................................................................ indicum

Cymbium with short spur at its base, not extending almost at the middle of the tibia .. 4

4. Tibia of the male pulpus with short retrolateral apophysis........................meianostoma

5. Tibia of the male pulpus with long retrolateral apophysis...........................himalayansis