Cheiracanthium africanum

Familia: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Cheiracanthium
Species: Cheiracanthium africanum

Cheiracanthium africanum Lessert, 1921

Type locality: Tanzania, Kibonoto [Kibognoto/Kibongoto (different spellings for the same place)], Kilimanjaro, 03°12’S, 37°07’E.

Lectotype: MHNG. female ♀. legit Sjöstedt. MHNG Cl 20. (lectotype designated by Lotz, 2007: 10)

• Cheiracanthium franganilloi Caporiacco, 1949: 438. (Synonomyzed by Lotz, 2007: 10).
• Cheiracanthium nigropalpatum Schmidt & Jocqué, 1983: 357 (Synonomyzed by Lotz, 2007: 10).
  • Type locality: between La Saline-les-Bains and Vulkan.
    • Holotype: MRAC. male ♂. MRAC 156.660
• Cheiracanthium tenuipes Roewer, 1961: 64
  • Type locality: Senegal, Niokolo-Koba Park (Siminti, prairie sur cuirasse)
    • Holotype: male ♂

• Simon, E.L. 1884c. Arachnides recueillis à Khartoum (Soudan ègyptien) par M. Vossion, vice-consul de France et appartenant au Muséum de Paris. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 1-28. Reference page. 

• di Caporiacco, L. 1949. Aracnidi della colonia del Kenya raccolti da Toschi e Meneghetti negli anni 1944-1946. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientiarum 13: 309-492. Reference page. 
• Lotz, L.N. 2007a: The genus Cheiracanthium (Araneae: Miturgidae) in the Afrotropical region. 1. Revision of known species. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 23: 1-76. Reference page. 
• Lotz, L.N. 2014: New species of Cheiracanthium (Araneae: Eutichuridae) from Madagascar and the Comoros Islands. Zootaxa 3857(3): 301–332. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.3.1 Reference page. 
• Roewer, C.F. 1961. Opilioniden und Araneen, In Le Parc National de Niokolo-Koba, 2. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire (2) 62: 33–81. Reference page. 
• Schmidt, G. & Jocqué, R. 1983. Spinnen von der Insel Réunion (Araneae). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 97: 353-364. Reference page.