Cheiracanthium pennatum Simon, 1878

Barrientos, Jose A., Prieto, Carlos E., Pina, Silvia, Henriques, Sergio S, Sousa, Pedro, Schindler, Stefan, Reino, Luis, Beja, Pedro & Santana, Joana, 2023, Arachnid Fauna (Araneae and Opiliones) from the Castro Verde Special Protection Area, southern Portugal, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 110415-110415 : 110415

Cheiracanthium pennatum Simon, 1878

Distribution

Available data place this species in several southern European countries. However, in the Iberian Peninsula, it is only known from three localities: two in Spain and one in Portugal ( Santarém; Cardoso (2004)). Now, we report it for the first time in the District of Beja. Like other species of the genus, it usually occupies the upper parts of herbaceous plants, where it builds its typical silk retreats ( Urones 1988).

Notes

7♂♂, 6♀♀, 9 jj.