Cheiramiona langi

Soutpan Long-legged Sac Spider
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Cheiracanthiidae
Genus: Cheiramiona
Species:
C. langi
Binomial name
Cheiramiona langi
Lotz, 2002

Cheiramiona langi is a species of spider in the family Cheiracanthiidae. It is a southern African endemic described from Saltpan in the Soutpansberg.

Distribution

The species is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe, but only from single specimens sampled prior to 1991, at 739 m above sea level in South Africa.

Habitat

This species is a free-living plant dweller sampled from the Savanna Biome.

Conservation

The species is listed as Data Deficient because more sampling is needed to collect females and determine its full range.

References

  1. ↑ "Cheiramiona langi Lotz, 2003". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Cheiracanthiidae of South Africa. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. Irene. pp. 1–62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6033586. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.