Marusik Yu.M.1, Omelko M.M.2, Simmons Z.M.3 2020. Redescription of two West Himalayan Cheiracanthium (Aranei: Cheiracanthiidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.29. No.3: 339–347 [in English].
1 Institute for Biological Problems of the North, FEB RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan, 685000 Russia. E-mail: yurmar@mail.ru
2 Federal Scientific Center of East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022 Russia. E-mail: omelkom@gmail.com
3 Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, England. E-mail: zoe.simmons@oum.ox.ac.uk
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.29.3.07
ABSTRACT: Two species of Cheiracanthium, known only from the original descriptions, C. adjacens O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885 and C. approximatum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885, are redescribed based on their types. A lectotype is designated for C. adjacens. The type localities of the two species lie in Himalaya, not in Tibet (Yarkand, Xinjiang, China), as indicated in catalogs. The lectotype (designated here) of C. insulanum (Thorell, 1878) a species described from Ambon, Indonesia is illustrated for the first time. It was found that literature records and figures of C. insulanum refer to C. approximatum. Because of this, seven species considered as junior synonyms of C. insulanum are moved to synonyms of C. approximatum: C. adjacensoides Song, Chen et Hou, 1990, syn.n., C. paradjacens Chen et Gao, 1990, syn.n., C. payateus Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n., C. tigbauaensis Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n., C. tingilium Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n., C. bikakapenalcolium Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n. and Cheiracanthium hugiscium Barrion et Litsinger, 1995, syn.n.
KEY WORDS: Araneae, O. Pickard-Cambridge, Ferdinand Stoliczka, Pakistan, India, new synonym, lectotype designation.