Cheiracanthium taiwanicum
| Cheiracanthium taiwanicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cheiracanthiidae |
| Genus: | Cheiracanthium |
| Species: | C. taiwanicum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cheiracanthium taiwanicum Chen, Huang, Chen et Wang, 2006
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Cheiracanthium taiwanicum, commonly known in Mandarin Chinese as "台灣紅螯蛛" or Taiwan red chelate spider, is a species of yellow sac spider endemic to Taiwan. [1] The species was discovered in 2006.[2]
Description
C. taiwanicum are pale yellow in color, with broad greenish-brown stripes down their cephalothorax. [1] Their abdomens are slender and marked with white freckles.
Distribution
C. taiwanicum are widely distributed in Taiwan at elevations between 50m and 1200m.[1]