''Cheiracanthium'', commonly called ''yellow sac spiders'', is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

araneomorph The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their ...

spiders in the family Cheiracanthiidae, and was first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1839. They are usually pale in colour, and have an

abdomen The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the to ...

that can range from yellow to beige. Both sexes range in size from . They are unique among common house spiders because their tarsi do not point either outward, like members of ''

Tegenaria ''Tegenaria'' is a genus of fast-running funnel weavers that occupy much of the Northern Hemisphere except for Japan and Indonesia. It was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, though many of its species have been moved elsewhere. ...

'', or inward, like members of '' Araneus''), making them easier to identify. The name is a reference to the backwardly directed process on the cymbium of the male palp. The species epithet is derived from the Greek grc, χείρ, cheir, meaning "hand", and '' Acanthium'', a genus of thorny-stemmed plants.

Venom

Though they are beneficial predators in agricultural fields, they are also known to be mildly venomous to humans. Painful bites may be incurred from species such as '' C. punctorium'' in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

, '' C. mildei'' in Europe and North America, '' C. inclusum'' in the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

, ''C. lawrencei'' in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...

and ''C. japonicum'' in Japan. ''Cheiracanthium'' venom is purportedly

necrotic Necrosis () is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis. Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, or trauma which result in the unregulated dige ...

, and can cause pain, swelling, and

lesion A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma. ''Lesion'' is derived from the Latin "injury". Lesions may occur in plants as well as animals. Types There is no designated classif ...

s in humans, but the necrotic nature and severity of its bite has been disputed. A study of twenty confirmed ''Cheiracanthium'' bites in the United States and Australia found that none resulted in necrosis. A theory that these spiders were attracted to the smell of gasoline was involved in a series of consumer vehicle callbacks in which spiderwebs had blocked fuel lines, but it has since been disproven by a study which found that the spiders simply found hoses inside of the vehicles to be optimal nesting places. https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/handle/1805/10451

Species

''Cheiracanthium'' is primarily an Old World genus, with many species found from northern

to Japan, from

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and Australia. The only known species in the

New World The term ''New World'' is often used to mean the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. ...

are ''C. inclusum'' and ''C. mildei''. While the former also occurs in

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and Réunion, the latter is found in the

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region and

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. They can also be found in the lower mainland of

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. The genus is quite diverse in

and at least three or four species are known to occur in

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ian

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fields alone. it contains 214 species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Oceania, Europe, Central America, Africa, Asia, North America, and on Saint Helena: *'' C. abbreviatum''

Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, 1878 –

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Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

*'' C. aculeatum'' Simon, 1884 –

*'' C. aden'' Lotz, 2007 –

Yemen Yemen (; ar, ٱلْيَمَن, al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen,, ) is a country in Western Asia. It is situated on the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula, and borders Saudi Arabia to the Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, north and ...

*'' C. adjacens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China ( Yarkand),

Karakorum Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, ''Kharkhorum''; Mongolian Script:, ''Qaraqorum''; ) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in th ...

*'' C. africanum'' Lessert, 1921 – Africa,

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, Réunion *'' C. aizwalense'' Biswas & Biswas, 2007 –

*'' C. aladanense'' Lotz, 2007 – Yemen *'' C. albidulum'' ( Blackwall, 1859) – Madeira *'' C. algarvense'' Wunderlich, 2012 –

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

*'' C. ambrense'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. ampijoroa'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. andamanense'' (Tikader, 1977) - India *'' C. andranomay'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. angolense'' Lotz, 2007 –

Angola , national_anthem = " Angola Avante"() , image_map = , map_caption = , capital = Luanda , religion = , religion_year = 2020 , religion_ref = , coordina ...

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and ...

*'' C. angulitarse'' Simon, 1878 – Spain, France ( Corsica),

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

*'' C. anjozorobe'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. annulipes'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 – Spain,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

*'' C. antungense'' Chen & Huang, 2012 –

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

*'' C. apia'' Platnick, 1998 –

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

*'' C. approximatum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 – China (Yarkand) *'' C. ashleyi'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. auenati'' Caporiacco, 1936 –

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

*'' C. auriculatum'' Zhang, Zhang & Yu, 2018 – China *'' C. bantaengi'' Merian, 1911 –

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

( Sulawesi) *'' C. barbarum'' (Lucas, 1846) –

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*'' C. boendense'' Lotz, 2015 – Congo *'' C. brevidens'' Kroneberg, 1875 – Central Asia *'' C. brevispinum'' Song, Feng & Shang, 1982 – China,

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*'' C. buri'' Esyunin & Efimik, 202 - Russia *'' C. campestre'' Lohmander, 1944 – Sweden, Denmark, Central

, Romania, Ukraine, Russia (

) *'' C. canariense'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.,

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

, Egypt *'' C. catindigae'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

*'' C. caudatum'' ( Thorell, 1887) –

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

*'' C. chayuense'' Li & Zhang, 2019 - China *'' C. conflexum'' Simon, 1906 – India *'' C. conspersum'' (Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.) *'' C. crucigerum'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Norfolk Is.) *'' C. danieli'' Tikader, 1975 – India *'' C. daofeng'' Yu & Li, 2020 - China *'' C. daquilium'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Indonesia, Philippines *'' C. debile'' Simon, 1890 – Chad, Yemen *'' C. denisi'' Caporiacco, 1939 –

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, Congo *'' C. dippenaarae'' Lotz, 2007 – South Africa *'' C. duanbi'' Yu & Li, 2020 - China *'' C. echinulatum'' Zhang, Zhang & Yu, 2018 – China *'' C. effossum'' Herman, 1879 – Central to eastern Europe *''

C. elegans ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' () is a free-living transparent nematode about 1 mm in length that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus. The name is a blend of the Greek ''caeno-'' (recent), ''rhabditis'' (r ...

'' Thorell, 1875 – Europe, Turkey,

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, Russia (Europe to south Siberia),

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, Central Asia *'' C. equestre'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – Libya, Egypt *'' C. erraticum'' (

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, 1802) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East),

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan *'' C. escaladae'' Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China *'' C. eutittha'' Bösenberg &

Strand Strand may refer to: Topography *The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a: ** Beach ** Shoreline * Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida Places Africa * Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa * Strand Street ...

, 1906 – Taiwan, Japan, Korea? *'' C. exilipes'' (Lucas, 1846) – Algeria *'' C. exquestitum'' Zhang & Zhu, 1993 – China *'' C. falcatum'' Chen, Huang, Chen & Wang, 2006 – Taiwan *'' C. falcis'' Lotz, 2015 –

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...

*'' C. festae'' Pavesi, 1895 – Israel *'' C. fibrosum'' Zhang, Hu & Zhu, 1994 – China *'' C. filiapophysium'' Chen & Huang, 2012 – Taiwan *'' C. fisheri'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. floresense'' Wunderlich, 2008 –

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

*'' C. foordi'' Lotz, 2015 – South Africa *'' C. foulpointense'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. fujianense'' Gong, 1983 – China *'' C. fulvotestaceum'' Simon, 1878 – France *'' C. furax'' L. Koch, 1873 – Samoa *'' C. furculatum'' Karsch, 1879 – Cape Verde Is., Africa, Madagascar, Comoros *'' C. ghanaense'' Lotz, 2015 –

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

*'' C. gobi''

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& Barensteiner, 2000 – China *'' C. gou'' Yu & Li, 2020 - China *'' C. gracile'' L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

) *'' C. gratum'' Kulczyński, 1897 –

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, Hungary *'' C. griswoldi'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. halophilum'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *'' C. haroniense'' Lotz, 2007 – Zimbabwe *'' C. himalayense'' Gravely, 1931 – India *'' C. hypocyrtum'' Zhang & Zhu, 1993 – China *'' C. ienisteai'' Sterghiu, 1985 – Romania,

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

*'' C. ilicis'' Morano & Bonal, 2016 – Spain *'' C. impressum'' Thorell, 1881 – Australia (Queensland) *'' C. incertum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 – Sri Lanka *'' C. inclusum'' ( Hentz, 1847) – North America,

Central America Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United States to the north, Colombia to the south, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to Réunion *'' C. incomptum'' (Thorell, 1891) – India (Nicobar Is.) *'' C. indicum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – India, Sri Lanka *'' C. inflatum'' Wang & Zhang, 2013 – China *'' C. inornatum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – India *'' C. insigne'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – India, Sri Lanka,

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

, Myanmar, Laos, China *'' C. insulare'' L. Koch, 1866 – Samoa *'' C. insulare'' (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar, Réunion *'' C. iranicum'' Esyunin & Zamani, 2020 - Iran *'' C. isiacum'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – Libya, Egypt *'' C. itakeum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' C. jabalpurense'' Majumder & Tikader, 1991 – India *'' C. japonicum'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – China, Korea, Japan *'' C. jocquei'' Lotz, 2014 – Comoros, Madagascar *'' C. joculare'' Simon, 1910 – São Tomé and Príncipe *'' C. jorgeense'' Wunderlich, 2008 – Azores *'' C. jovium'' Denis, 1947 – Egypt *'' C. kabalense'' Lotz, 2015 –

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

*'' C. kakamega'' Lotz, 2015 –

Kenya ) , national_anthem = " Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi ...

*'' C. kakumense'' Lotz, 2015 – Ivory Coast, Ghana, Congo *'' C. kashmirense'' Majumder & Tikader, 1991 – India *'' C. kazachstanicum'' Ponomarev, 2007 – Kazakhstan *'' C. kenyaense'' Lotz, 2007 – Africa *'' C. kibonotense'' Lessert, 1921 – Ethiopia, Congo, Kenya,

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

, Uganda *'' C. klabati'' Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' C. knipperi'' Lotz, 2011 – Tanzania *'' C. kupense'' Lotz, 2007 –

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

*'' C. lascivum'' Karsch, 1879 – Russia (

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh ...

), China, Korea, Japan *'' C. leucophaeum'' Simon, 1897 – Madagascar *'' C. ligawsolanum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' C. liplikeum'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' C. liuyangense'' Xie, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1996 – China *'' C. longimanum'' L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (Queensland),

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

, Fiji,

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of no ...

, New Caledonia *'' C. longipes'' (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia ( Sumatra) *'' C. ludovici'' Lessert, 1921 – Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar *'' C. lukiense'' Lotz, 2015 – Congo *'' C. macedonicum'' Drensky, 1921 – Italy,

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

, Hungary, Romania, Macedonia,

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

*'' C. madagascarense'' Lotz, 2014 – Comoros, Madagascar *'' C. mahajanga'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. malkini'' Lotz, 2007 –

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

*'' C. mangiferae'' Workman, 1896 –

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

, Indonesia (Sumatra) *'' C. maraisi'' Lotz, 2007 –

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

*'' C. margaritae'' Sterghiu, 1985 – Romania *'' C. mayombense'' Lotz, 2015 – Congo *'' C. melanostomum'' (Thorell, 1895) – India,

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

, Myanmar *'' C. mertoni'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) *'' C. mildei'' L. Koch, 1864 – Europe,

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

Europe,

, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Central Asia. Introduced to North America,

*'' C. minahassae'' Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' C. minshullae'' Lotz, 2007 – Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa *'' C. molle'' L. Koch, 1875 – Africa,

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

*'' C. mondrainense''

Main Main may refer to: Geography * Main River (disambiguation) **Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany * Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries ...

, 1954 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' C. mongolicum'' Schenkel, 1963 –

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

*'' C. montanum'' L. Koch, 1877 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran *'' C. murinum'' (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar *'' C. mysorense'' Majumder & Tikader, 1991 – India, Bangladesh *'' C. nalsaroverense'' Patel & Patel, 1973 – India *'' C. nervosum'' Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' C. nickeli'' Lotz, 2011 – Mauritania *'' C. ningmingense'' Zhang & Yin, 1999 – China *'' C. occidentale'' L. Koch, 1882 – Spain (Minorca), Italy *'' C. olliforme'' Zhang & Zhu, 1993 – China *'' C. oncognathum'' Thorell, 1871 – Europe *'' C. pallidum'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *'' C. pauriense'' Majumder & Tikader, 1991 – India *'' C. pelasgicum'' (C. L. Koch, 1837) – Southern and eastern Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe) to Tajikistan *'' C. pennatum'' Simon, 1878 –

Southern Europe Southern Europe is the southern region of Europe. It is also known as Mediterranean Europe, as its geography is essentially marked by the Mediterranean Sea. Definitions of Southern Europe include some or all of these countries and regions: Alba ...

, Romania *'' C. pennuliferum'' Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia) *'' C. pennyi'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873 – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to south Siberia), Iran, Central Asia, China *'' C. peregrinum'' Thorell, 1899 – Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon *'' C. pichoni'' Schenkel, 1963 – China *'' C. poonaense'' Majumder & Tikader, 1991 – India *'' C. potanini'' Schenkel, 1963 – China *'' C. punctipedellum'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Congo, Rwanda, Kenya *'' C. punctorium'' (Villers, 1789) ( type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to south Siberia), Iran, Central Asia *'' C. punjabense'' Sadana & Bajaj, 1980 – India *'' C. ransoni'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. rehobothense'' Strand, 1915 – Israel *'' C. rothi'' Lotz, 2014 – Madagascar *'' C. ruandana'' (Strand, 1916) - Rwanda *'' C. rupicola'' (Thorell, 1897) – Myanmar, China, Indonesia *'' C. russellsmithi'' Lotz, 2007 – Ethiopia *'' C. rwandense'' Lotz, 2011 – Rwanda *'' C. saccharanalis'' Mukhtar, 2015 –

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

*'' C. sadanai'' Tikader, 1976 -

*'' C. sakoemicum'' Roewer, 1938 – New Guinea *'' C. salsicola'' Simon, 1932 – France *'' C. sambii'' Patel & Reddy, 1991 – India *'' C. sansibaricum'' Strand, 1907 – Ivory Coast to Zanzibar *'' C. saraswatii'' Tikader, 1962 – India *'' C. schenkeli'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa *'' C. seidlitzi'' L. Koch, 1864 – Mediterranean to Central Asia *'' C. seshii'' Patel & Reddy, 1991 – India *'' C. shilabira'' Lotz, 2015 – Congo, Kenya *'' C. shiluvanense'' Lotz, 2007 – South Africa *'' C. sikkimense'' Majumder & Tikader, 1991 – India, Bangladesh *'' C. silaceum'' Rainbow, 1897 – Australia (New South Wales) *'' C. simaoense'' Zhang & Yin, 1999 – China *'' C. simplex'' Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon, Nigeria *'' C. siwi'' El-Hennawy, 2001 – Egypt *'' C. solidum'' Zhang, Zhu & Hu, 1993 – China *'' C. soputani'' Merian, 1911 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' C. spectabile'' (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar *'' C. sphaericum'' Zhang, Zhu & Hu, 1993 – China *'' C. stratioticum'' L. Koch, 1873 –

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

, Australia (

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

) *'' C. streblowi'' L. Koch, 1879 – Russia (Middle and south Siberia) *'' C. striolatum'' Simon, 1878 – Western Mediterranean *'' C. subinsulanum'' Li & Zhang, 2019 - China *'' C. taegense'' Paik, 1990 – China, Korea, Japan *'' C. tagorei'' Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2003 – Bangladesh *'' C. taiwanicum'' Chen, Huang, Chen & Wang, 2006 – China, Taiwan *'' C. tanmoyi'' Biswas & Roy, 2005 – India *'' C. tanzanense'' Lotz, 2015 – Tanzania *'' C. taprobanense'' Strand, 1907 – Sri Lanka *'' C. tenue'' L. Koch, 1873 – Australia (Queensland) *'' C. tetragnathoide'' Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya *'' C. torricellianum'' Strand, 1911 – New Guinea *'' C. torsivum'' Chen & Huang, 2012 – Taiwan *'' C. triviale'' (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar *'' C. trivittatum'' Simon, 1906 – India *'' C. truncatum'' (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar *'' C. turanicum'' Kroneberg, 1875 –

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

*'' C. turiae'' Strand, 1917 – Thailand to Australia (Queensland) *'' C. uncinatum'' Paik, 1985 – China, Korea *'' C. unicum'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Korea, Japan, China, Laos *'' C. vankhedei'' Marusik & Fomichev, 2016 – Mongolia *'' C. vansoni'' Lawrence, 1936 – Southern Africa *'' C. verdense'' Lotz, 2011 – Cape Verde Is. *'' C. virescens'' ( Sundevall, 1833) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China *'' C. vorax'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1874 – India *'' C. warsai'' Mukhtar, 2015 – Pakistan *'' C. wiehlei'' Chrysanthus, 1967 – New Guinea *'' C. wilma'' (Benoit, 1977) – St. Helena *'' C. wuquan'' Yu & Li, 2020 - China *'' C. zebrinum'' Savelyeva, 1972 – Russia (south Siberia), Kazakhstan *'' C. zhejiangense'' Hu & Song, 1982 – China, Korea

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1245731 Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch

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